MANILA: A small plane with four people on board has crashed in the central Philippines and rescuers were searching for survivors on Sunday (Feb 19), officials said. The Cessna 340 aircraft went missing early Saturday morning shortly after departing for Manila from Bicol International Airport in Albay
MANILA: A small plane with four people on board has crashed in the central Philippines and rescuers were searching for survivors on Sunday , officials said.
The Cessna 340 aircraft went missing early Saturday morning shortly after departing for Manila from Bicol International Airport in Albay province, south of the capital, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said in a statement.A search-and-rescue team has identified a possible crash site near the airport, CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio told AFP.
Daep said they were waiting for clearance to reach the crash site because the rumbling volcano could erupt at any time. "There might be a sudden ash explosion and we could be added to the casualties," Daep told local radio DZBB."We are not discounting the possibility that they could still be alive," Daep said.Another Cessna plane went missing on Jan 24 in the northern province of Isabela. That plane's wreckage has still not been found, Apolonio said.
In a separate incident, two Philippine airforce aviators were killed in a training exercise last month when their SF260 Marchetti plane crashed into a rice paddy in Bataan province, near Manila.
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