CAAP Media Advisory: Saudi Arabian Airlines incident report 

The Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) runway 06/24 was closed for landing at 7:03 p.m. on Tuesday (August 5) after a Saudi Arabian Airlines B747 aircraft on flight SV871 got stuck on the grassy portion of the runway.

 

Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) immediately issued NOTAM (notice to airmen) and Aircraft Accident Investigation Inquiry Board (AAIIB) investigators were dispatched on site to determine the cause of the accident.

 

Flight SV871 from Manila was bound for Riyadh carrying 298 passengers and 26 crew, piloted by Capt. Alfaraidhy Abdulmajeed Abdulraheem and Capt. Al Bassam Adnan Mohammed.

 

CAAP cancelled the NOTAM at 1:36 am on Wednesday (August 6) and runway 06/24 resumed operations and aircraft was towed to remote parking area for inspections while the 2 Pilots were grounded and will undergo  medical check-up and inquiry by CAAP investigators.

 

Eight (8) wide bodied aircrafts were made to divert at Clark International Airport (CRK) late Tuesday night due to the closure of runway 06/24: PAL flight- PR307 Hkg/Mla, All Nippon Airways- ANA949 Narita/Mla, Dragon Airways-KA931 Narita/Mla, Japan Airlines-JAL745 Narita/Manila, Delta Airlines-DL473 Narita/Mla, Singapore Airlines-SIA918 Singapore/Mla, PAL-PR469 Incheon/Mla and Etihad Airways-ETD428 Abu Dhabi/Mla.

 

While another 3 flights was diverted to Cebu Mactan International Airport; Jeju Air-JJA2305 Incheon/Mla, Asiana Airlines-AAR703 Incheon/Mla and Malaysia Airlines flight MAS804  bringing the total diverted flights to 11.  

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From an e-mailed CAAP Media Advisory August 6, 2014