Cebu Pacific plane overshoots Davao airport runway; passengers unhurt
DAVAO CITY — A Cebu Pacific plane from Manila overshot the runway of the Davao International Airport on Sunday evening.
Colonel Leopoldo Galon, chief of the military’s 5th Civil Relations Group, said Flight 5J 971 hit the non-concrete portion after the runway lights suddenly went out at around 7:10 p.m..
All passengers were unhurt, Galon said.
All flights to Davao airport were temporarily canceled as of 9 p.m.
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