Three Injured as Plane Misses Rome Runway

Three people were injured and required hospital treatment after a ATR 72 turboprop plane of the Romanian airline Carpatair went off the runway while landing at Rome's Fiumicino airport, authorities said.

The plane, carrying 50 people from Pisa, finished up at an angle on grass and its landing gear was broken, emergency services and airport officials said.

One of the three people hospitalized suffered a fractured pelvis, the Italian Ansa news agency reported.

Investigators were attempting to establish the cause of the accident, with bad weather -- winds and rain may have made the landing difficult -- or pilot error suspected.

The Rome airport remained open though one of its runways was closed.

According to Italian media, several recent incidents have shed an unfavorable light on the partnership between Alitalia and Carpatair.