600 travelers bound for Manila stranded in Tacloban airport
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport in Tacloban City. GOOGLE MAP IMAGE
TACLOBAN CITY — Around 600 passengers bound for Manila were stranded at the Daniel Z. Romualdez (DZR) Airport here on Tuesday, July 24.
Lady Lourdes Fatima, information officer of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines in Eastern Visayas (CAAP-8), said the flights to Manila were disrupted due to Typhoon Carina.
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Four Cebu Pacific flights and two Air Asia flights were affected by the adverse weather conditions.
“All the affected flights were scheduled today (July 24) and we are not yet sure if there will be flights tomorrow,” Fatima said.
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