(Eagle News)—The Ninoy Aquino International Airport runway where a Xiamen plane was stuck after it made a hard landing on Thursday night was reopened to planes on Saturday, Aug. 18.
“NAIA’s international runway 06/24 is now open for flight operations,” the Manila International Airport Authority said, almost two days after Xiamen Air Flight MF8667 overshot the runway amid bad weather.
All passengers and crew members were safe.
On Saturday, Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines Spokesperson Eric Apolonio said the plane had been removed from the runway but that the planes were still not allowed there until 12 noon as clearing operations continued.
Several flights had to be canceled and diverted to Clark airport as a result of the incident, which saw the pilot of the Chinese passenger plane suspended.
Apolonio said the blackbox of the plane has been recovered to help in the ongoing probe.