NAIA Terminal 3 resumed regular operations on Friday afternoon (July 12, 2024) after the stranded plane of Cebu Pacific was towed from the taxiway. NAIA–INQUIRER PHOTO / RICHARD A. REYES
MANILA, Philippines — The Ninoy Aquino Worldwide Airport (Naia) Terminal 3 resumed regular operations on Friday afternoon after the stranded plane of Cebu Pacific was towed from the taxiway, the Manila Worldwide Airport Authority (MIAA) stated.
The Cebu Pacific A-321 plane, which received caught on a grassy portion of the Naia Terminal 3 taxiway on Friday morning, was eliminated at 1:55 p.m.
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Miaa confirmed to INQUIRER.internet that operations are again to regular, and no extra flights have been added to the record of delayed journeys at Naia.
In an earlier advisory, Miaa reported that the next flights had been halted:
Arrival:
UA 189 San Francisco-Manila
TR 396 Singapore-Manila
EK 336 Dubai-Manila
5J 050 Melbourne-Manila
5J 309 Guangzhou-Manila
3K 763 Singapore-Manila
Departure:
5J 110 Manila-Hongkong
NH 820 Manila-Narita
CX 912 Manila-Hongkong
3K 763 Manila-Kansai
EK 337 Manila-Dubai
TR 397 Manila-Singapore
UA 190 Manila-San Francisco
In the meantime, opposite to an preliminary report from Miaa that the plane “barely swerved,” Cebu Pacific clarified that it solely received caught throughout a repositioning exercise.
“It didn’t veer off or swerve. It wasn’t touchdown or taking off. The plane was not working a flight, was not touchdown or taking off,” the airline defined in a message despatched to Inquirer.
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“Throughout repositioning or parking process, it received caught on the bottom. That’s why it has no flight quantity, no passengers, no flight crew,” it added.
