iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall from Alaska Airlines flight

Agence France Presse 01/09/2024

Now that’s what you call airplane mode — an iPhone that plummeted 16,000 feet (5,000 meters) from an Alaska Airlines flight landed without a single crack in the screen and even a battery still half-charged. The phone…

Cebu Pacific sorry for ‘disruptions’, vows to resolve ‘challenges’

Maila Ager 06/21/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Budget carrier Cebu Pacific is apologizing to passengers affected by  “disruptions” of their flights attributing these “primarily” to fleet availability issues. At a joint hearing in the Senate on Wednesday, Cebu Pacific, through its…

CAAP says maintenance activity on May 17 reduced to two hours

Zacarian Sarao - Reporter / @zacariansINQ 05/05/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Friday announced that it will shorten its maintenance activity on May 17 to only two hours. This would be four hours less than its initial…

Pokwang tears up after receiving hug, encouragement from flight crew

Anne Pasajol 03/24/2023

During her flight to the United States, Pokwang was not able to hold her tears back after an attendant approached her to hug her and commend her for being a strong mom. The actress-comedian, who is currently…

Bomb joke disrupts flight in Davao International Airport

Zacarian Sarao 01/31/2023

MANILA, Philippines —The Davao International Airport’s flight was delayed Monday when a passenger made a bomb joke, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP). CAAP said in a statement that at 6:28 p.m. on…

Some flights to Siargao from Cebu cancelled due to bad weather

Morexette Marie B. Erram and INQUIRER.Net 01/25/2019

  Cebu City, Philippines – Due to unfavorable weather condition being experienced in several parts of the country, particularly in the Bicol and Eastern Visayas regions, some flights bound to Siargao Island in Surigao Del Norte from…

Cebu Pacific to implement flight schedule changes with NAIA runway closure this month

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 11/07/2018

Low-cost carrier, Cebu Pacific, announced the adjustment of certain flight schedules following the closure of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) runway on November 12-17 and 19-22 from midnight to 6:00 a.m. In a press release, Cebu…

Lion Air flight with 189 on board crashes into sea

AP 10/29/2018

JAKARTA — A Lion Air plane with 189 people on board crashed into the sea just minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on Monday in a blow to the country’s aviation safety record after the lifting…

MCIA runway closure to affect 800 flights Air passengers advised to adjust flight plans

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/30/2018

Air travelers in and out of Cebu are advised to check with their respective airlines for possible changes or cancellations of their flights when the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) will start the daily five-hour closure…

Couple’s food business takes flight, soars on chicken wings

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/26/2018

DONGKI’S CHICKEN WINGS Neither of them had any background in cooking. But Lara Francheska Galan and her husband Alessandre have always had this fascination for cooking shows they would often see on television. “Watching cooking shows on…

Flight to El Nido cancelled

Inquirer.net 06/02/2018

amid bad weather AIRSWIFT Flight T6142 bound for El Nido in Palawan was canceled yesterday due to bad weather, the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) announced. According to a latest weather bulletin from Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and…

China hails first flight to Antarctica for tourists

Marc Cosep 12/20/2017

Want to see penguins this Christmas? Then board China’s first commercial flight to Antarctica . The first commercial flight to Antarctica successfully landed on Saturday; carrying about around 20 Chinese passengers. The plane departed from Hong Kong…

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