Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos (Photo: AFP/VNA) The President planned to fly to South Cotabato to attend the launching of the Consolidated Rice Production and Mechanisation Programme in the southern province.
"The G280 command and control aircraft that flew this morning with the President onboard had to return to base a few minutes after takeoff due to a minor technical issue on the aircraft's flaps operations," Philippine Air Force (PAF) spokesperson Colonel Maria Consuelo Castillo was quoted by Xinhua as saying.
She said the problem was "nothing serious." Since the PAF maintains the highest standards of flight safety, the pilots decided to do a precautionary return to the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City and have the aircraft thoroughly checked.
Castillo noted the air force prepared a backup aircraft, a C295, so that President Marcos's flight resumed immediately./.
VNA
