Airport staff check the private plane that overshot the runway of the Tacloban airport in Tacloban on Saturday. All passengers, which included top Palace officials, were shaken but safe. AFP PHOTO
Airport staff check the private plane that overshot the runway of the Tacloban airport in Tacloban on Saturday. All passengers, which included top Palace officials, were shaken but safe. AFP PHOTO

A blown tire caused an airplane carrying Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. and other Cabinet officials to skid off the Tacloban City airport runway shortly after a separate jet with Pope Francis and his entourage on board took off.

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