Close call! Plane lands 60 metres over end of runway on holiday island

AFP

A plane carrying more than 140 people narrowly missed nearby houses when it overshot the runway at an airport serving one of the Philippines' most popular tourist destinations.

An Airphil Express Airbus A320 plane from Manila ended up 60 metres over the edge of the runaway next to housing after it overshot its landing at the airport in Kalibo, on the island of Panay, in the central Philippines, according to AFP.

Kalibo Airport is the gateway for both local and foreign tourists to the world famous island resort of Boracay.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, civil aviation authority spokeswoman Floramel Joy Fongsong said the airport was temporarily closed while the plane was towed away, and that nobody was injured.

Airphil Express is a low-cost sister carrier to national flag-carrier Philippines Airlines.

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