MANILA, Philippines — Xiamen Airlines would have to pay almost P72 million in fines for the penalty caused by an incident involving its aircraft last August 16, Manila International Airport Authority general manager Ed Monreal said. During the Senate hearing into the NAIA fiasco, Monreal said Xiamen Airlines officials will be coming to the country on Wednesday to settle the initial penalty. "Actually, the (Xiamen Airlines) finance officer went here last Friday and there was an exchange of information... the chairman himself will go again here," Monreal said in mix of English and Filipino. Possible violations of Philippine civil aviation regulationsMeanwhile, the flight safety investigation committee (FSIC) of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines is looking into possible violations of Philippine civil aviation regulations. Black box under CAAP custodyThe Xiamen Airlines plane's cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder have arrived from Singapore but it is still under CAAP custody.

Source: Philippine Star September 10, 2018 04:30 UTC