A passenger plane was heavily damaged when it overshot the runway during its third landing attempt
A Korean Air plane was heavily damaged after it overshot the runway while trying to land.
The plane had previously attempted to land twice, a spokesperson told Insider.
None of the 162 passengers and 11 crew members were hurt. The Airline has apologized for the incident.
A plane was heavily damaged after it overshot the runway while trying to land in poor weather conditions on Sunday.
The incident involved a Korean Air plane and took place at Mactan-Cebu International Airport in the Philippines. The plane was attempting to land for the third time when it overran the runway, a spokesperson for the airline told Insider.
The spokesperson declined to comment further beyond a statement it posted on the airline's website on Monday.
The underbelly of the Boeing A330 was sheared away and the plane came to rest, nose-down, in a grassy area. Pictures shared by the Associated Press show large holes in the nose of the aircraft and appear to show damage to at least one of the plane's engines.
There were no reports of injuries among the 162 passengers and 11 crew members on Korean Air flight KE631. They were able to escape using the inflatable emergency slides.
Korean Air's president Woo Kee-Hong apologized for the incident in the website statement.
"A thorough investigation will be performed together with the local aviation authorities and Korean authorities to determine the cause(s) of this event," he said.
The incident happened during heavy rain at 11:11 p.m. local time, Mactan-Cebu International Airport said in a statement on its official Facebook page in the early hours of Monday morning.
The runway has been temporarily closed to enable the safe removal of the aircraft, and all domestic and international flights are canceled until further notice, the airport said.
In a later post, the airport said that runway operation would temporarily reopen between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. local time for departures only.
Mactan-Cebu International Airport did not immediately respond to Insider's request for further comment, which came outside of standard business hours.
It's the second incident involving a Korean Air flight that has made headlines in recent months.
On September 28, the left winglet of Korean Air flight 908 clipped the tail of an Icelandair plane while it was taxing to the runway at London's Heathrow Airport. No one was hurt in the minor collision.
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