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Passenger Films Philippine Airlines Plane Overshooting Runway By 60 Metres (VIDEO)

Huffington Post UK   Alastair Plumb First Posted: 17/02/2012 12:01 Updated: 17/02/2012 12:01

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The Airphil Express Airbus A320 from Manila was set to land at Kalibo airport on the island of Panay without rolling on to the grass. It didn't.

Recorded by a passenger on his mobile phone, the footage above reveals just what a big mistake the captain made, rumbling over the runway and into a nearby field - just metres from locals' homes.

A spokesperson for the local aviation authority, Floramel Joy Fongsong, released a statement that said "the plane overshot the runway by 60 metres."

Airphil Express is one of many low-budget airlines operating today, a part of the Philippine Airlines group, but its rolling stock is relatively new, with the plane involved in this incident just a year old.



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The Airphil Express Airbus A320 from Manila was set to land at Kalibo airport on the island of Panay without rolling on to the grass. It didn't. Recorded by a passenger on his mobile phone, the fo...
The Airphil Express Airbus A320 from Manila was set to land at Kalibo airport on the island of Panay without rolling on to the grass. It didn't. Recorded by a passenger on his mobile phone, the fo...
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Maxoverload
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05:26 AM on 02/21/2012
:15 over the runway ................................... :26 contact.
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Maxoverload
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05:11 AM on 02/21/2012
Not Only Overshot , the far end , but failed to settle to the runway on the approach , the glide above the runway is for an extended time , watch from 0.15 TO 0.24 , ... appears as a rather lengthy glide above the runway , even pass a ramp . The video is too short to tell when the pilot began the rotate for his glide path , so this does appear as a bad approach , bad beacon ?, ILS ? , altimeter wrong ? i could not imagine a visual approach with an aircraft this size.
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dirtyoldtown
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08:01 PM on 02/18/2012
Pilot said, 'ye gods, that was the shortest runway I've ever come across'.
Control tower replies, ' and at about 5 miles, it's probably also the widest'
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Green Light
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12:34 PM on 02/17/2012
Ha, I did not know Airbus made ( 4x4 ) four wheel drive planes ....lol
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