Medical plane crashes in Manila, killing 8
Published on: Tuesday, March 31, 2020
By: Daily Tribune
Fire and Rescue personnel standing near the charred remains of the Lionair West Wind 24 aircraft in Manila’s NAIA.
MANILA: A medical evacuation (medvac) plane carrying eight persons crashed during takeoff at about 8 pm on Sunday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) killing everyone on board.Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) officials said the passengers and crew of the West Wind 24 aircraft operated by Lionair, Inc. perished at the end of NAIA Runway 6/ 24.
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The flight RP-C5880 bound for Haneda, Japan, was carrying two pilots, one crew, one nurse, one flight medical crew, one doctor, one patient and the patient’s assistant. Sources said the patient was a 63-year-old Canadian accompanied by a Filipino-American.
The MIAA Fire and Rescue team declared fire out at 9:02 p.m.
The runway was temporarily closed as of posting time as the Aircraft Accident Investigation Board of the Civil Aeronautics Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) was processing the crash site.
The aircraft was reportedly one of the planes being used by the Department of Health (DoH) to pick up and deliver medical supplies all over the country. It was on a medvac mission, however, when it crashed.
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