The departure of Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight PR-318 to Hong Kong at the Ninoy Aquino International Aiport (NAIA) terminal 1, was delayed for nearly three hours on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, after a wing of the Airbus 330-300 hit the wing of a parked China Airlines plane.
The China Airlines CI-701 flight was set to leave for Taiwan at 10:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Based on information from the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), PAL had to change planes to continue the flight to Hong Kong. The plane has just arrived in Manila from a flight from Melbourne, Australia.
All the passengers of PR 318 were safe, and were able to resume with their travel to Hong Kong at 1:29 p.m. instead of the original 10:10 a.m. departure time.
As of this posting, the China Airlines flight has yet to take off due to the damage to its right wing.
As this news is being written, China airlines has not yet taken off due to the damage to the right wing of the aircraft.