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MANILA, Philippines – East Timorese foreign minister Zacarias Albano da Costa has been stranded at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport where his plane was diverted after it was unable to land at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Monday.
Taking Singapore Airlines flight SQ 916, Da Costa was supposed to arrive at NAIA Terminal 1 at around 5:45 p.m. on Monday.
"We expect his plane to be in Manila before midnight (of Monday)," Connie Bungag, officer in charge of the public affairs department of the Manila International Airport Authority, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Bungag said as of Monday night the plane has been refuelling and would be leaving Mactan soon.
Some 30 flights at the NAIA were unable to land and were diverted to Mactan and the Clark airports due to bad weather and the conking out of the navigational equipment used to guide landing planes at around 5 p.m.
Da Costa is attending incoming President Benigno Aquino III’s inauguration on Wednesday.
East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta was able to arrive at NAIA on Monday evening after a two-hour delay due to bad weather and the unavailability of the navigational equipment.
