THE second Cessna plane that went missing in Bicol has been spotted in a village in Albay, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said yesterday.
The CAAP confirmed the location of the crash site of reported missing Cessna aircraft 340 (Caravan) with registry number RP-C2080.
CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio said that based in the official communication relayed by Cynthia Tumanut, area manager of Area 5 Office of the Civil Defense (OCD), the crash site was in Bgy. Quirangay, Camalig, Albay.
According to Apolonio, the Inter-government Search and Rescue teams have been dispatched to the site to verify the reported wreckage of the Cessna aircraft.
“Search and rescue operations are continuing Sunday,” said Apolonio.
The Bicol Airport air traffic controllers lost contact with Cessna 340 airplane on Saturday morning.
CAAP said the Cessna 340 (Caravan) aircraft with registry number RP-C2080 departed Bicol International Airport at 6:43 a.m. on Saturday.
Air traffic controllers last contacted the aircraft at 6:46 a.m., when the plane was abeam the Camalig Bypass Road at an altitude of 2,600 feet.
That plane, which was was carrying four people, including the pilot, his crew member, and two passengers , was expected to arrive in Manila at 7:53 a.m. on the same day.
It was the second Cessna plane that went missing this year.
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