“Until I looked over and saw a hole in the side of the plane and water was coming in. “One would think that they might be afraid to approach a plane that’s just crashed.”The sequence of events remains unclear. The airline said the plane landed short of the runway. Harris said he doesn’t know what caused the crash landing or whether the pilots had alerted air traffic control of any problems. The crash landing comes less than two months before Papua New Guinea hosts the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, expected to draw world leaders beginning on November 17.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 28, 2018 11:13 UTC