A plane carrying Filipino officials who were part of the Pope's visit to a typhoon-hit city has been blown off the runway minutes after the pontiff's jet left.
Television pictures showed the plane on grass to the side of the airstrip in Tacloban with its nose cone on the ground and ambulances rushing to the scene.
Other emergency services appeared to be spraying water on to the jet.
Nobody is thought to have been injured when the aircraft, carrying four senior cabinet members, was hit by strong winds while taxiing.
The Bombardier aircraft, with 19 passengers on board, was pushed out of control as it attempted to take off from Tacloban Airport.
Pope Francis had just cut short his visit to the Filipino city because of the approaching Tropical Storm Mekkhala and had just left on a separate flight.
He earlier celebrated mass with survivors of Typhoon Haiyan which devastated the area in November 2013.
There was further tragedy when a 27-year-old Catholic Relief service volunteer was killed by a falling speaker just after the mass.
She was helping take the speakers down when one hit her in the windy conditions.
Tens of thousands of people braved the elements to cheer as Pope Francis earlier walked off his plane in Tacloban in strong winds and heavy rain.
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Gallery: Tropical Storm Mekkhala Forces Francis To Leave Philippines City
The Pope was in Tacloban to celebrate mass with survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the area in November 2013
Tens of thousands of people braved the heavy rain to catch a glimpse of Francis
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