The Philippines’ top aviation official has been suspended after his son nearly collided with a commercial plane while giving his girlfriend driving lessons on the runway, the government said Tuesday.
A Cebu Pacific Airways pilot filed a police complaint after nearly hitting the van on Saturday as he was about to land at Legaspi airport southeast of Manila, President Gloria Arroyo’s spokesman Cerge Remonde said.
He aborted the landing and waited for the runway to clear.
The 80 passengers (more…)