Tourist plane skids off runway

[Kenneth Chong WT 0]

 

Tourist plane skids off runway

 

MANILA - A PLANE carrying 32 people from the Philippines resort island of Boracay skidded off the runway after landing at Manila's main international airport on Sunday, officials said.

 

The small plane belonging to SEAIR, a local airline mainly serving tourist routes, was hit by crosswinds as it came in to land but no one was hurt in the incident, said airport official Harold Balucatin.

 

The plane got stuck in the grass at the side of the runway, he said. The runway was temporarily closed while repair crews tried to move the plane, which suffered damage to its landing gear.

 

The plane was returning from Caticlan, the town that serves the island of Boracay, one of the country's leading beach resorts, airport officials said.

 

Neither airport nor airline officials were able to say if there were any foreign tourists aboard the plane.

 

The accident came less than a month after a hard landing by a SEAIR plane at Caticlan airport forced flights there to be briefly suspended.

 

In January, at least two passengers were seriously injured when a small plane operated by Zest Airways missed the runway on landing and smashed into a concrete wall at the Caticlan airport. -- AFP

 

 

Good thing no one was hurt. Could this be the plane which flew Alan B. not too long ago? Hope to see her back in the skies soon.

Edited August 24, 2009 by Kenneth Chong WT

[Alan B. 5]

Can't see the reg #...........

[Naim 6]

Can't see the reg #...........

 

http://avherald.com/h?article=41ea6f97&opt=0

 

Incident: SEAir D328 at Manila on Aug 23rd 2009, veered off runway on landing

By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, Aug 23rd 2009 09:08Z, last updated Sunday, Aug 23rd 2009 09:45Z

 

A SEAir South East Asian Dornier Do-328-100, registration RP-C6328 performing flight DG-024 from Caticlan to Manila (Philippines) with 32 passengers and 3 crew, veered right off runway 13 while landing at Manila's Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 12:33 local (04:33Z) and stopped on soft ground abeam taxiways N4/D3 and before taxiway P to terminal 2. No injuries occured.

 

The airport reported, that the airplane swerved out of control and came to a stop on a grassy area at runway marker 4. Emergency services responded, no injuries occured. The passengers were bussed to the terminal.

 

The airline reported, that the airplane had landed and slowed normally and was about to taxi off the runway, when the airplane caught a gust causing it to veer off the runway ending up on soft ground.

[Ignatius 4]

Dornier looks like ATR

[Yusoff 1]

But looks like Dornier..

[Alan B. 5]

Yup this is the plane I flew on to Kalibo!

 

Edited August 24, 2009 by Alan B.