The Lionair plane caught fire before it could even take off (photos from Philip Lustre) |
A Lionair West Wind aircraft said to be on a medical mission
to Japan caught fire as it was taking off at Ninoy Aquino
International Airport
earlier tonight, instantly killing all eight people on board.
Killed were three flight crew, a doctor, nurse, a Canadian
patient and his companion.
Lionair plane Flight RPC 5880 was about to fly off to Haneda
airport in Japan
when it exploded at about 8pm. The fire was put out at 9:02pm.
The runway was temporarily closed while the Civil
Aeronautics Authority is investigating the incident, said a statement released
by the Manila International Airport Authority.
MIAA confirmed that no passenger survived the accident.
A flight manifest circulating on social media named the
fatalities as Ren Edward Ungson, Melvin de Castro and Mario Medina, pilots;
Edmark Dael, flight medic; Dr. Cenover Bautista, Conrado Tomeldan, Jr., nurse;
John Richard Hurst, patient; and Marilyn de Jesus, companion.
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