Photo grabbed from Sen. Richard Gordon’s Twitter account.
A plane on a medical evacuation mission for Haneda, Japan caught fire and crashed upon takeoff at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), killing all eight persons on board.
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said the accident, involving a chartered Lion Air flight, occurred at about 8 p.m. at the end of NAIA Runway 24.
MIAA ADVISORY
29 March 2020This is to confirm an accident that happened on or about 8:00PM today, 29 March 2020, involving a West Wind 24 aircraft bound for Haneda with eight (8) passengers on board.#DOTrPH????????
READ FULL ADVISORY HERE: https://t.co/ypWGqDMzJQ
— DOTrPH ???????? (@DOTrPH) March 29, 2020
The West Wind 24 aircraft carried two passengers, an American and a Canadian, and six crew members, airport officials said. The crew included a doctor, a medic and a nurse.
Sen. Richard Gordon said a fire and medic team from the Philippine Red Cross was sent to the crash site. Authorities said the flames were doused with chemical foam.
Photos from our team on the ground. pic.twitter.com/5SYvVxkcZk — Richard J. Gordon (@DickGordonDG) March 29, 2020
“Unfortunately, no passenger survived the accident,” the MIAA said.
“The runway has been temporarily closed, as investigators from the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board of the Civil Aeronautics Authority of the Philippines are now on site to determine the cause of the incident,” it added. (PressONE.ph)