More than 160 passengers were forced to use emergency slides to evacuate the aircraft, prompting the airline’s president to issue a public apology.
A major airport in the Philippines was forced to close after a plane crashed while attempting to land in poor weather conditions.
The Korean Air flight from Incheon, South Korea, was carrying more than 160 passengers when it overshot the runway on its third attempt to land owing to heavy weather.
Using the aircraft’s emergency slides, all of the passengers and crew members escaped without injury.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines stated, “All passengers are safe and are being assisted by ground staff.”
As a result of the collision, the plane’s front underbelly was severed, its nose was severely damaged, and there was a gaping hole near one of its doors.
As a result, it is stranded at the end of the single usable runway at one of the country’s biggest airports, Mactan-Cebu International Airport.
Due to the event, dozens of flights to and from the airport had to be canceled, including those of Philippine Airlines, which initially announced more than 50 domestic cancellations.
Officials have stated that the plane’s remaining fuel will be drained off before removal procedures.
A public apology and investigation are initiated
The event prompted a public apology from the airline’s president, Woo Kee-Hong, who stated, “We always put safety first in all of our operations, and we sincerely regret the stress and inconvenience caused to our passengers.”
An investigation is currently being conducted on the occurrence.
In 1981, a Korean Air Lines Boeing 747 airliner overshot the runway at Manila’s international airport.
The airplane collided with a concrete fence and skidded to a stop with its nose projecting over a busy side road of a major interstate.
More than a dozen of the approximately 350 passengers were hurt.
