LAOAG CITY, Ilocos
Norte -- An aircraft of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) bound for Basco, Batanes,
safely touched down Monday on the runway of the Laoag International Airport
here in an emergency landing after it experienced mechanical trouble.
LIA General
Manager Ronald Estabillo confirmed Tuesday that about 2:30 p.m. on Monday the
PAL aircraft, Air Phil 2086, with at least 76 passengers, safely landed on the
runway of the airport.
He said
that the airplane from Manila was about to land at the Basco airport when the
pilots noticed that the hydraulic system of the plane’s landing gear was
malfunctioning.
“This
prompted the pilot to divert the plane to LIA in an emergency landing for
mechanical repair of the plane’s hydraulic system,” Estabillo said.
“All the
passengers safely disembarked and some of them were billeted to Plaza Del Norte
while the other passengers took a PAL flight at 12:40 a.m. Tuesday to Manila,”
he added. -- Freddie Lazaro
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