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(Reuters) -A Korean Air Traces Co Ltd jet with 173 individuals on board overshot the runway at Cebu Worldwide Airport within the Philippines late on Sunday, the airline mentioned, including that there have been no accidents and all passengers had evacuated safely.
The Airbus SE (OTC:) A330 widebody flying from Seoul to Cebu had tried twice to land in poor climate earlier than it overran the runway on the third try at 23:07 (1507 GMT), Korean Air mentioned in an announcement on Monday.
“Passengers have been escorted to a few native lodges and another flight is being organized,” the airline mentioned of flight KE361. “We’re at the moment figuring out the reason for the incident.”
Video from the scene verified by Reuters confirmed widespread harm to the airplane. The nostril touchdown gear appeared to have collapsed.
Korean Air President Keehong Woo issued an apology on the airline’s web site, saying a radical investigation could be carried out by Philippine and South Korean authorities to find out the trigger.
“We stay dedicated to standing behind our promise of secure operations and can do our best to institute measures to forestall its recurrence,” Woo mentioned.
The A330-300 jet concerned within the accident was delivered new to Korean Air in 1998, in accordance with flight monitoring web site FlightRadar24, which mentioned that different flights to Cebu had diverted to different airports or returned to their origin.
The Cebu airport mentioned on its Fb (NASDAQ:) web page that it had briefly closed the runway to permit for the elimination of the airplane, which means all home and worldwide flights have been cancelled till additional discover.
Korean Air has not had a deadly passenger crash since 1997, in accordance with Aviation Security Community, a web site that compiles aviation accidents.
The airline had a poor security file at the moment however sought exterior assist from Boeing (NYSE:) Co and Delta Air Traces Inc (NYSE:) to enhance its requirements.
