A Catholic Relief service volunteer has been killed by a falling speaker in the Philippines, shortly after the Pope held a mass there.

She was helping take the speakers down when it hit her. It is thought bad weather was to blame.

Pope Francis cut his visit to Tacloban short, so he could fly out before the bad weather hit.

Meanwhile, a plane carrying Filipino officials who were part of the Pope's visit 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 blown off the runway while taxiing.

A strong cross wind pushed the Bombardier aircraft, with 19 passengers on board, 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.

He earlier celebrated mass with survivors of Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated the area in November 2013.

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.

He told the crowd: "I would like to tell you something close to my heart."

"When I saw in Rome that catastrophe, I felt I had to be here. And on those very days, I decided to come here. I'm here to be with you."

The typhoon - the most powerful storm ever recorded on land - hit 14 months ago, killing 7,350 people in the Philippines' worst natural disaster.

Many of the communities hit by the typhoon are still struggling to recover, with the rubble of destroyed buildings lying in piles.

Pope Francis, who has now landed back in the capital Manila, is on a five-day visit to the Philippines.

On Friday, the Pope used his first major speech to call on authorities in the Philippines to resist corruption and end "scandalous social inequalities".

Catholics account for around 80% of the country's population. Organisers of the visit are expecting up to six million people to attend mass at a Manila park on Sunday.

If the crowd does reach that figure, it would pass the previous record for a papal ceremony - five million during a mass by John Paul II in 1995.