Jet overshoots runway: all safe

DAVAO CITY — A Cebu Pacific plane from Manila overshot the runway of the Davao International Airport last night.

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.

Nigel Paul Villarete, general manager of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport, said two Manila-Davao flights, PR819 (Philippine Airlines) and DG7028 (SeaAir), were diverted to Cebu due to airport closure in Davao. Both flights already returned to Manila, he said./with Inquirer