‘Sweeper plane’ to fetch foreign tourists stranded in Bicol

LEGAZPI CITY –– A Philippine Airlines “sweeper plane” will fly in on Saturday at the Legazpi Domestic Airport to unload medical supplies and fetch several foreign tourists stranded in Bicol after Luzon was placed on enhanced community quarantine last March to avert the spread of the coronavirus disease .

Erwin Montas, PAL Legazpi branch manager, said the special flight was commissioned to bring in medical supplies and accommodate in their return flight, several foreign nationals, particularly from Australia and Canada, reportedly stranded in Bicol due to the lockdown.Montas said in a phone interview that a PAL Q400 passenger aircraft was expected to arrive at the Legazpi airport at 2:10 p.m. from Manila, and depart at 2:30 p.m. for Manila with the stranded foreign tourists.

Montas said the special flight was arranged by the embassies of Australia and Canada after receiving reports that some of their citizens, who were on tour to Bicol, were stuck in the provinces due to the lockdown.

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