Korean Air plane brings home stranded passengers from Cebu
2023-02-01
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A Korean Air passenger plane lies with its belly on the runway at the airport in Cebu City, central Philippines on Oct. 24, 2022, after it overshot the runway late Oct. 23 while landing in bad weather. AFP-Yonhap
An alternative Korean Air plane on Tuesday brought home passengers stranded in Cebu following the crash of one of its aircraft there last week, the air carrier said.
On Sunday, a Korean Air plane carrying 173 passengers and crew members overran the runway from the Mactan-Cebu International Airport on the third attempt to land following two failed attempts in bad weather. No one was hurt in the incident.
A Boeing 777 plane returned to Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, at around 10 p.m. Tuesday, some 10 hours after departing for the Cebu airport, to repatriate 14 passengers from the ill-fated plane, along with some 120 passengers who had been scheduled to get aboard the same plane Monday, according to Korean Air Lines Co.
The aviation authorities in the Philippines shut down the airport following the accident. It has partially resumed operation to allow alternative flights from early Tuesday through 5 p.m. Wednesday.
The alternative plane's departure from Incheon was pushed back by a couple of hours due to a delay in the approval process of the authorities there, the air carrier said.
South Korea's land ministry sent its officials to the accident site to handle the aftermath, and they were in talks with the authorities there about conducting a probe into the scene, the ministry said.
The ministry said the damaged plane remains 250 meters off the end of the runway, as there is no crane yet at the airport large enough to move the aircraft.
Korean Air also has its officials working in Cebu to deal with the necessary support for the passengers, such as luggage deliveries and others. (Yonhap)
