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ALL 42 commercial airports in the country were put on heightened alert by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) after an anonymous email received by the Air Traffic Service said there were bombs that could go off in aircraft from Manila bound for certain domestic destinations.
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.
MANILA: The Philippines has placed 42 airports on heightened alert and was seeking to verify warnings that bombs could be set off on commercial planes, its civil aviation authority said on Friday."Immediate enhanced security measures" were being implemented across all Philippine commercial airports, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said in a media advisory, adding the warnings were being verified.It said the flights identified were headed to Cebu, Bicol, Davao and Palawan and the warnings were received by email by air traffic services.The islands of Cebu and Palawan are popular destinations for foreign tourists.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has initiated a conference aimed at improving safety and standards in aviation training.
MUFG Bank Ltd. (MUFG) said Wednesday it closed a 12-year $123-million Japanese operating lease with call option (JOLCO) financing with Cebu Pacific (Cebu).
Passengers on a packed jumbo jet flight from London have spoken of their terror after a gaping hole appeared in the plane as it headed for Australia.Some passengers vomited when oxygen masks had to be used as the Melbourne-bound Qantas Boeing 747 plane prepared to make an emergency landing at Manila in the Philippines.Passengers spoke of hearing a loud bang and debris flying into the first class cabin as the plane's flooring gave way, part of the ceiling collapsed and the plane reportedly plunged 20,000ft.The aircraft touched down safely at Manila at 11.15am local time and all 346 passengers and 19 crew disembarked normally.Manila airport operations officer Ding Lima told local radio the plane lost cabin pressure shortly after take-off on the Hong Kong to Melbourne leg of its journey and the pilot radioed for an emergency landing.He said: «There is a big hole in the belly of the aircraft near the right wing, about three metres in diameter.»Upon disembarkation, there were some passengers who vomited. You can see in their faces that they were really scared."Dr June Kane, from Melbourne, said: «There was a terrific boom and bits of wood and debris just flew forward into first (class) and the oxygen masks dropped down.»On the left-hand side, just forward of the wing, there's a gaping hole from the wing to the underbody.
Passengers vomited into oxygen masks, debris flew through the cabin and part of the ceiling collapsed when a three-metre hole torn in the belly of a Qantas Boeing 747 forced an emergency landing in Manila today. The packed aircraft, which was carrying 346 passengers and 19 crew from London to Melbourne, was said to have plunged a terrifying 20,000 feet and lost cabin pressure shortly after leaving Hong Kong bound for Melbourne. The aircraft touched down safely at Manila at 11.15am local time and all passengers and crew were able to disembark safely.
An exploding oxygen cylinder may have ripped open the fuselage of a Qantas jumbo jet that had to make an emergency landing, investigators said yesterday. Such a blast would have major implications for 747 aircraft around the world, said the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority. It has sent experts to Manila in the Philippines to inspect the aircraft.