Metro Manila, January 4 ------ Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has resumed flights between Manila and Tokyo's Haneda Airport after two Japanese planes collided Tuesday night.
In a statement on Wednesday, PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna said the flag carrier's operations to and from Haneda, Tokyo were already "back to normal." "Flight PR424 (Jan. 2) – originally scheduled to depart at 7:05 p.m. – took off from Manila shortly before 10 p.m. and landed in Tokyo's Haneda Airport at past 2 a.m. local time," she said.
Villaluna said Haneda authorities temporarily closed the runways, affecting PAL flight PR424, due to the collision between a Japan Airlines plane and an earthquake relief aircraft. Five crew members of the coast guard plane were killed in the crash.
The unfortunate event came after Japan was jolted by a massive magnitude 7.5 earthquake on New Year's Day.
Source: cnnphilippines.com
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