Xiamen Air flight skids off NAIA job; flights canceled

Xiamen Air flight skids off NAIA runway; flights canceled

(philstar.com) – August 17, 2018 – 10:13 am

MANILA, PHILIPPINES – A plane from China slipped on a runway during landing at Ninoy Aquino International Airport before midnight on Friday, resulting in the cancellation of some flights and the diversion of some others while the runway was closed for cleanup actions. [19659004] The Manila International Airport Authority said that all 157 passengers and crew members of Xiamen Air flight MF8667 have been evacuated from the aircraft and are safe. They were transported to a nearby hotel and stayed there until the activities of Xiamen Air were resumed, he said.

NAIA international runway 06/24 closed due to the incident.

Eric Apolonio, spokesperson for the Civil Aviation Authority or the Philippines, told reporters that the aircraft will remain on the runway until the probers have completed an investigation into the incident. The runway must also be removed from foreign objects and debris before it can be declared operational.

A report from the Philippine News Agency quotes MIAA Public Affairs Department OIC Ma. Consuelo Bungag said that some international flights "using aircraft type A320 and lower" could in the meantime use the domestic runway of NAIA.

MIAA stated in an advice about the incident that the following flights to and from Manila had to be canceled:

Terminal 1

Etihad Airways EY 421 Manila – Abu Dhabi 2336H
Saudi Airlines SV 871 Manila – Jeddah 1810H
Hong Kong Airlines HX 781 Hong Kong – Manila 2300H
China Airlines CI 711 Kaohsiung – Manila 0910H
China Airlines CI 712 Manila – Kaohsiung 1000H

Terminal 2

Philippine Airlines
PR 453 Manila – General Santos 0715H
PR 454 General Santos – Manila 1215H
PR 1845 Manila – Cebu 0655H
PR 1846 Cebu – Manila 1010H
PR 432 Manila – Tokyo 1440H
PR 408 Manila – Osaka Kansai 1355H
PR 438 Manila – Nagoya 1355H

PAL Express 2P 2959 Manila – Cagayan de Oro 0715H

Terminal 3

Cathay Pacific
CX 908 Manila – Hong Kong 0600H
CX 912 Manila – Hong Kong 0825H
CX 907 Hong Kong – Manila 0940H
CX 906 Manila- Hong Kong 1050H
CX 901 Hong Kong – Manila 1125H
CX 900 Manila – Hong Kong 1235H

Cebu Pacific
5J 272 Manila – Hong Kong 0600H
5J 273 Hong Kong – Manila 1200H
5J 5054 Manila – Hong Kong 0615H
5J 5055 Narita – Manila 1720H
5J 929 Manila-Bangkok 0615H
5J 930 Bangkok – Manila 1445H
5J 110 Manila-Hong Kong 0735H
5J 111 Hong Kong – Manila 1400H
5J 805 Manila-Singapore 1330H
5J 806 Sinagpore – Manila 2330H

The following flights have been diverted:

Philippine Airlines
PR 105 San Francisco – Manila – Transferred to Cebu
PR 103 Los Angeles – Manila – Transferred to Cebu
PR 117 Vancouver – Manila – Transfer to Cebu
PR 115 San Francisco – Manila – Transfer to Clark
PR 119 Toronto – Manila – Transfer to Clark

Cebu Pacific
5J 187 Seoul Incheon – Manila – Transfer to Clark
5J 804 Singapore – Manila – Forwarded to Clark

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LAST UPDATE: 17 August 2018 – 11:29 o'clock