About 170 flights were delayed at Changi Airport yesterday (6 February) because of the South Korean aerobatic aircraft which skidded and crashed into the grass patch at the side of Changi Airport’s Runway 1.
The T-50 Golden Eagle plane caught fire after it crashed at about 1.24pm. The pilot from the Republic of Korea Air Force’s Black Eagle team managed to escape with minor injuries.
Changi Airport said the pilot was taken to the airport clinic for a check-up and was discharged.
After the incident, Runway 1 was closed for investigations by the authorities before the aircraft could be removed.
In a statement, Changi Airport said the runway was then checked thoroughly and cleaned up to ensure that it was safe and ready for operations before it could be reopened.
At about 7.08pm, the airport said the runway was opened and it was doing its best to “return to normal flight operations as soon as possible”.
A Singapore Airlines spokesperson said that it experiences flight delays which lasted several hours because of the backlog caused by the closure.
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