,According to airline and government officials, an AirAsia Zest plane developed a tire problem in the central Philippine city of Tagbilaran, prompting the airline to cancel its Sunday flight to Manila with 178 passengers and six crewmembers.
The incident comes even as rescue operations are on for a missing AirAsia plane that disappeared while flying from Indonesia to Singapore with 162 people on board.
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines spokesman Eric Apolonio said at least four domestic flights to and from Tagbilaran were cancelled due to the incident. The Airbus A320 aircraft’s tire was later fixed, allowing it to resume its flight to the Philippine capital on Monday morning. No reason was given for the problem.