A Philippine Airlines passenger aircraft overshot the runway of Awang airport in Cotabato City Wednesday afternoon. Officials said that the plane had already touched down when its front landing gear gave way.
Among the plane's passengers was Cotabato City Mayor Muslimin Sema.
Tito Labadan, PAL Cotabato branch manager, said the aircraft was about to turn to the runway when its landing gear fell short of the tarmac.
Rescue units from the Air Force, the Air Transportation Office and the military immediately went to the scene.
Maj. Gen. Raymundo Ferrer, commander of the Army's 6th Infantry Division, meanwhile, said that the incident is not connected with the gunbattles between the military and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. He said it was an accident. Lerio Bompat, ABS-CBN Cotabato
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