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Former Filipino Official Overtakes Control Tower of Manila Airport
Aired November 07, 2003 - 14:12 ET
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MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Little more breaking news to tell you about. Just in now from Manila, Philippines. The former head of the Philippine version of the Federal Aviation Administration, it's called the Air Transport Office over there, has apparently seized control of the control tower at Manila's airport. He claims to have a dozen armed men with him.
Joining us on the line right now with a little bit more on this is Judith Torres, a CNN producer who on the line with us from Manila. Judith, what do you know?
JUDITH TORRES, CNN PRODUCER: What we know right now is that the officer, the former Air Transport Office officer, is Captain (UNINTELLIGIBLE). He barged in with two other armed men into the ATO, or Air Transport Office, at around 11:00 last night. That would make it around 4:00 hours ago.
They haven't said what it is that they want. And they haven't said whom it is they may be working with, whether they're working with the same group that led the mutiny about five months ago. Right now it's a stand-off. The Philippine armed forces have sent a negotiator to find out what it is the men want.
But Captain (UNINTELLIGIBLE) has said that he will make his statement later this morning. It's right now around 3:00 in the morning, so that statement could come at any moment actually -- Miles.
O'BRIEN: Judith, we do have some reports from the wire services here, from Reuters, that there have been some shots fired there. Can you verify that one way or the other right now?
TORRES: No, not right now. There have been conflicting reports about the number of men who have taken over the tower. What I have from the armed forces of the Philippines and the Philippine armed forces is that there is definitely the captain and two other armed men.
As for the shots fired, yes, there have been those reports. But I haven't had any yet confirmed by the armed forces -- Miles.
O'BRIEN: All right, Judith Torres, our producer in Manila working on that story for us.
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Aired November 7, 2003 - 14:12 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Little more breaking news to tell you about. Just in now from Manila, Philippines. The former head of the Philippine version of the Federal Aviation Administration, it's called the Air Transport Office over there, has apparently seized control of the control tower at Manila's airport. He claims to have a dozen armed men with him.
Joining us on the line right now with a little bit more on this is Judith Torres, a CNN producer who on the line with us from Manila. Judith, what do you know?
JUDITH TORRES, CNN PRODUCER: What we know right now is that the officer, the former Air Transport Office officer, is Captain (UNINTELLIGIBLE). He barged in with two other armed men into the ATO, or Air Transport Office, at around 11:00 last night. That would make it around 4:00 hours ago.
They haven't said what it is that they want. And they haven't said whom it is they may be working with, whether they're working with the same group that led the mutiny about five months ago. Right now it's a stand-off. The Philippine armed forces have sent a negotiator to find out what it is the men want.
But Captain (UNINTELLIGIBLE) has said that he will make his statement later this morning. It's right now around 3:00 in the morning, so that statement could come at any moment actually -- Miles.
O'BRIEN: Judith, we do have some reports from the wire services here, from Reuters, that there have been some shots fired there. Can you verify that one way or the other right now?
TORRES: No, not right now. There have been conflicting reports about the number of men who have taken over the tower. What I have from the armed forces of the Philippines and the Philippine armed forces is that there is definitely the captain and two other armed men.
As for the shots fired, yes, there have been those reports. But I haven't had any yet confirmed by the armed forces -- Miles.
O'BRIEN: All right, Judith Torres, our producer in Manila working on that story for us.
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