Planes Stuck in Flooded Airport After Bailu 🌧️

Dozens of planes were stranded after Tropical Storm Bailu flooded an airport at the weekend.<br /><br />Parts of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in the Philippines were submerged in knee-deep water due to heavy rains brought by the Southwest Monsoon.<br /><br />Pilot Neem Badr was riding an airport vehicle through the water when he filmed the planes on a flooded apron on Saturday afternoon (August 24) after the torrential rain.<br /><br />Two Airbus A320s from low-cost regional carrier AirAsia can be seen as well as a turbo-prop ATR 72-500 belonging to Cebu Pacific and another jet.<br /><br />Departing flights were delayed and arrivals were diverted to the nearest airport in Clark, Pampanga.<br /><br />Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Eddie Monreal said the high volume of rainfall caused the flooding. <br /><br />He said: "There was no problem with the pumping station. There was an overflow because it was not able to manage the volume of water."