FLIGHTS TO and from Dumaguete City were delayed on Tuesday, Aug. 14, after a Philippine Airlines (PAL) plane from Manila experienced tire failure while on landing roll, causing runway closure. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), in a statement, said the PAL Airbus A320 plane, under flight PR 2541 landing at 6:31 a.m., suffered a damage on the left main gear of its rubber tires. Everyone on board, composed of 113 adults, two infants and six flight crew members, were deplaned safely, according to Dumaguete Airport Manager Mark Michael Anthony P. Diamaoden. Apart from towing the airplane out, “the runway will need to be cleared of Foreign Object Debris before it can resume its normal operations,” CAAP said. The 13 flights affected include two others of PAL, seven of Cebu Pacific, and four of CebGo.

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