OceanBreezeInn
03-15-2010, 10:46 AM
The Caticlan airport was closed again after a 19-seater Seair passenger plane got stuck on the runway when one of its tires burst upon landing on Monday, airport authorities said.
The Seair plane did not carry passengers when the incident occurred 7:34 a.m. Monday, and all three crewmembers on board—the pilot, the co-pilot and a mechanic—were safe, Caticlan airport manager Mecine Torres told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a telephone interview.
However, around 13 incoming and outgoing flights have been diverted to the Kalibo airport as a spare tire for the grounded plane is still being sent over, as of this posting.
Mecine said the airport was supposed to resume its operations sometime afternoon of Monday after the plane was towed to the ramp.
The Caticlan airport was previously closed several times after planes either overshot or undershot the runway on landing.
Air Philippines resumed its flights to Boracay on December 1 while that of Cebu Pacific returned on March 1.
Source: Inquirer
The Seair plane did not carry passengers when the incident occurred 7:34 a.m. Monday, and all three crewmembers on board—the pilot, the co-pilot and a mechanic—were safe, Caticlan airport manager Mecine Torres told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in a telephone interview.
However, around 13 incoming and outgoing flights have been diverted to the Kalibo airport as a spare tire for the grounded plane is still being sent over, as of this posting.
Mecine said the airport was supposed to resume its operations sometime afternoon of Monday after the plane was towed to the ramp.
The Caticlan airport was previously closed several times after planes either overshot or undershot the runway on landing.
Air Philippines resumed its flights to Boracay on December 1 while that of Cebu Pacific returned on March 1.
Source: Inquirer