NGO, CIVIL Society wants probe on Butuan Airport safety

BUTUAN CITY: A people’s organization and a civil society group asked for an impartial investigation on claims that the Butuan City airport was hazardous after an Airbus A320 overshot the runway and crash-landed on Friday, said the Philippine News Agency on Monday.
Caraga Watch’s spokesman John Stevens Hinayon, and Jun Capillas, said investigators should take into consideration the presence of a military fuel depot near the runway and residents living within the airport’s danger zone.
They said the government should also consider relocating airport residents away from the runway area at Purok 6, Barangay Libertad, Butuan City.
“The near hit of the PAL Airbus A320 on Friday at the big military fuel depot located about five to six meters away from the runway may have caused huge explosions that may have killed all 148 passengers,” they said. (http://mindanao.wowphilippines.com/index2.php)