Typhoon “Ompong” (international name: Mangkhut) left many airports in northern Luzon in disarray, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) reported on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENTOnly three of nine airports hit by Ompong—in Basco, Batanes province; Laoag, Ilocos Norte; and San Fernando, Pampanga—managed to return to normal operations by Sunday, the CAAP said. Humanitarian flights onlyTwo airports — in Cauayan, Isabela province, and Tuguegarao, Cagayan province — were operational, but only for humanitarian and medical assistance flights. On Sunday morning, the CAAP deployed air traffic personnel to the airports in Cauayan, Laoag and Tuguegarao to replace exhausted air traffic controllers there. All eight were scheduled services between Manila and Hong Kong, where Ompong was headed after wreaking havoc in northern Philippines.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 16, 2018 23:15 UTC