Kalibo airport re-opens after AirAsia plane mishap

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Kalibo airport re-opens after AirAsia plane mishap
(UPDATED) All flights are back to normal operations, says the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines

MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – About 8 hours after shutting operations due to the runway overshot of an AirAsia plane, the Kalibo International Airport in Aklan opened as the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) lifted the notice to airmen (NOTAM) at 2:12 am, Wednesday, December 31.

The airport was closed for operations at 6:45 pm on Tuesday after an AirAsia Philippines aircraft with flight number EDZ272 and registration number RP-C8972 overshot the runway upon landing.

In his field report to CAAP Director-General William K. Hotchkiss, area manager Percy Malonesio said that the CAAP engineering and rescue team was able to retrieve the said aircraft at the end of runway 23 and now parked at bay 1, CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio said in a statement.

“All flights are back to normal operations,” Apolonio said.

The AirAsia Philippines plane overshot the runway amid bad weather, Rappler Indonesia’s bureau chief Jet Damazo-Santos reported Monday night, who was aboard the flight. (READ: A tale of two AirAsia flights)

Jenny Tan, AirAsia Philippines communications head, told Rappler that the company arranged hotel accomodations for the passengers but the others decided to stay at the airport, while some booked their own. She said priority was given to the elderly and those with children.

Tan said AirAsia began shuttling passengers to Caticlan as early as 4 am on Wednesday, December 31, and were in Boracay early that morning.

Mishaps

On the same day as the Kalibo incident, an AirAsia flight headed to northeast Thailand from Bangkok turned back due to a “minor irregularity in the storage area.”

The incidents happened two days after an AirAsia flight went missing while flying from Surabaya to Singapore.

On Wednesday, December 31, stormy weather forced Indonesian rescuers to suspend their search for the bodies of those on AirAsia’s Flight QZ8501, which plunged into the water at the weekend carrying 162 people. – Rappler.com

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