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The Ninoy Aquino International Airport and 41 other commercial airports across the country were placed under heightened security alert on Friday following bomb threats received by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has initiated a conference aimed at improving safety and standards in aviation training.
MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane bound for the Visayas was forced to do an emergency landing at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) after its engine caught fire early yesterday, blocking the runway for hours and disrupting both domestic and international flights.
All nine people on board a small medical evacuation plane were killed after it crashed into a resort in the Philippines and exploded into flames.The light plane crashed into a resort compound in Pansol village in Laguna province near the foothills of Mount Makiling on Sunday.Rescuers retrieved nine bodies from the wreckage, police said.Two people on the ground were injured and brought to a hospital. Eric Apolonio, a spokesman of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, said the light plane was on a medical evacuation flight from southern Dipolog city in Zamboanga del Norte province.It disappeared from radar for unknown reasons as it flew over Laguna, about 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of the capital, he said.
A note containing a bomb threat delayed 12 domestic flights at the Bicol International Airport on Monday, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A small plane carrying a Filipino trainer pilot and an Indian student is missing in the northeastern Philippines and the search is being hampered by bad weather, civil aviation officials said Wednesday.