Sunday, October 23, 2022

Korean Air says jet overran runway in Philippines, no injuries reported By Reuters



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(Reuters) – A Korean Air Traces Co Ltd jet with 173 folks on board overran the runway at Cebu Worldwide Airport within the Philippines late Sunday, the airline mentioned, including that there have been no accidents and all passengers had evacuated safely.

The Airbus SE (OTC:) A330 widebody flying from Seoul to Cebu had tried to land twice in poor climate earlier than it overran the runway on the third try at 23:07 native time, Korean Air mentioned in a press release on Monday.

“Passengers have been escorted to a few native accommodations and another flight is being organized,” the airline mentioned. “We’re at present figuring out the reason for the incident.”

The A330-300 jet concerned within the accident was delivered new to Korean Air in 1998, in keeping with flight monitoring web site FlightRadar24, which mentioned that different flights to Cebu had diverted to different airports or returned to their origin.



Originally published at Gold Coast News HQ

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