Flights cancelled at CDO airport without notice; 50 passengers stranded
By Cai Panlilio
At least 50 passengers are stranded at the Lumbia Airport here after their flights were cancelled without prior notice on Tuesday afternoon.
At least 50 passengers are stranded at the Lumbia Airport here after their flights were cancelled without prior notice on Tuesday afternoon.
A decision to scrap a post-9/11 ban on pocket knives being carried by passengers on US aircraft has triggered an angry backlash from pilots, flight attendants and airline chiefs.
Bad weather caused by the cold front prevailing in Northern Luzon and the intertropical convergence zone prevailing in the central part of the country led to the cancellation of up to eight flights at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Thursday.
Sen. Gregorio Honasan wants an inventory of the country’s reliable noncommercial aircraft from both the government and private sectors that may be tapped when they are urgently needed by high-ranking officials and by ordinary citizens in emergency situations.
On Wednesday, Capt. Jessup Bahinting was asked if he could lend one of his planes to the city government to pick up four vials of antidote for snake bite on Camiguin Island.
Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo was intent on staying in office for the full term of President Aquino despite nagging demands for his resignation, said Harvey Keh, lead convenor of Kaya Natin Movement for Good Governance and Ethical Leadership.
After spending Sunday in Masbate, President Aquino stayed overnight to oversee the resumption of the search-and-rescue operation for Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo and two pilots starting 5 a.m. Monday.
The official family of President Aquino remained hopeful that Interior and Local Governments Secretary Jesse Robredo would survive the plane crash despite the seeming lack of progress in the search and rescue operations in Masbate headed by President Aquino himself.
The wreckage of the ill-fated twin engine Piper Seneca, which carried Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo and with Registry No. RPC 4431, has not been found, as of Sunday evening.
The light plane wobbled for several minutes before it dropped into the sea. It then stayed in the water’s surface for about 10 minutes before it completely sank.
Poor visibility at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) has resulted in the cancellation of at least two domestic flights and the diversion of seven other flights to the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Pampanga on Sunday, the Manila International Airport Authority said.
