Korean Airplane #KE631, Overshoot, Crashed in Mactan Cebu Airport #trending

 

 A Korean Air flight has overshot the runway of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport, the head of Lapu-Lapu City’s disaster office said early Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. 

“Airport operations are suspended,” Nagiel Bañacia, Lapu-Lapu City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office head, said in a Facebook post past 1 a.m.

“We are investigating an accident regarding #KE631 landing at Cebu airport,” Korean Air announced separately. 

Korean Air Flight KE 631 came from Seoul and landed in Cebu at 11:07 p.m., according to Flightaware.com. 

Korean Air said the flight departed from Incheon International Airport and made an abnormal landing at the Cebu airport, going off the runway as weather conditions deteriorated. 

At 2:20 a.m., the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) said all 173 aboard the aircraft comprising 162 passengers (160 adults and two infants) and 11 crew, had been safely evacuated to the airport’s Terminal 2 for medical evaluation.

MCIAA said it was conducting unified operations assessment and action with the operations teams of airport operator GMR-Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.

“The MCIA runway is temporarily closed pending assessment,” the MCIAA said. / CTL

📸 Nagiel B. Bañacia

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