Lion Air plane 8 perish as Tokyo-bound plane catches fire at NAIA | including 1 Canadian
Officials said a medical evacuation plane exploded in a ball of fire during a takeoff on Sunday in the Philippine capital, killing all eight passengers and crew.
Manila Airport general manager Ed Monreal says the plane, which was carrying six crew members and two passengers, was on a medical mission to bring a patient to Tokyo when he saw the end of the airport's runway Caught fire He said that there were no survivors. He says that two of the eight on the board were foreigners - one American and one Canadian.
The plane was on a medical mission to bring a patient to Tokyo when it caught fire at the end of the airport, Monreal said.
Video footage showed a huge plume of smoke rising into the night sky as fire crews doused the fuselage with foam.
The plane was a twin-jet West Wind 24.
Our fire and drug teams were already dispatched to NAIA Terminal 2 to respond to the plane crash incident involving Lion Air Flight RFC 5880. A flight medicine, nurse, doctor, three flight crew, a patient and her There were eight passengers including the fellow. Board, Richard Gordon, a senator and head of the Philippine Red Cross, said on Twitter.
"Unfortunately, no passenger survived the accident," the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said in a statement.
The MIAA said that an investigation was underway by the Civil Aeronautics Authority of the Philippines.
Officials said a medical evacuation plane exploded in a ball of fire during a takeoff on Sunday in the Philippine capital, killing all eight passengers and crew.
Manila Airport general manager Ed Monreal says the plane, which was carrying six crew members and two passengers, was on a medical mission to bring a patient to Tokyo when he saw the end of the airport's runway Caught fire He said that there were no survivors. He says that two of the eight on the board were foreigners - one American and one Canadian.
The plane was on a medical mission to bring a patient to Tokyo when it caught fire at the end of the airport, Monreal said.
Video footage showed a huge plume of smoke rising into the night sky as fire crews doused the fuselage with foam.
The plane was a twin-jet West Wind 24.
Our fire and drug teams were already dispatched to NAIA Terminal 2 to respond to the plane crash incident involving Lion Air Flight RFC 5880. A flight medicine, nurse, doctor, three flight crew, a patient and her There were eight passengers including the fellow. Board, Richard Gordon, a senator and head of the Philippine Red Cross, said on Twitter.
"Unfortunately, no passenger survived the accident," the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) said in a statement.
The MIAA said that an investigation was underway by the Civil Aeronautics Authority of the Philippines.
