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Jo Koy was among the 355 passengers of the Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight that made an emergency landing at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday. In an Instagram story, the Filipino-American comedian posted a video of himself with his family eating in a restaurant and shared about their situation. “You guys, this is the family here.
We had to do an emergency landing in Tokyo, Japan,” he said, as he praised teh cavbin crew for doing an amazing job, attending to the passengers. “I’m gonna say this, the flight attendants on Philippine Airlines were amazing. You were amazing above and beyond.
You guys were pros,”he said. Jo Koy thanked them for "remaining calm in a situation that could have [gone] south fast" and informed his followers of their new travel information. "We are safe and we are in Tokyo and our next flight out is at nine hours so we're gonna have some sake.
All right, I love you guys,” he Jo Koy said. According to a previous report, the Philippine Airlines PR102 flight en route to Los Angeles, which departed Manila on Wednesday, was diverted to the Haneda Airport after smoke was reportedly found inside the cabin. In a statement, PAL said the initial finding was that one of the aircraft's two air conditioning units emitted smoke.
Meanwhile, Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said that all crews and 355 passengers aboard the plane were safe. — Jade Veronique Yap/LA, GMA Integrated News.
