THE remains of the six victims of the Cessna plane crash in Isabela were brought to Cauayan City yesterday morning.
Air Force helicopters flew the remains of the six from Divilacan municipality before ground troops transported them to the Carbonel Funeral Homes in Cauayan City.
Search-and-rescue teams from the PNP Special Action Force who were involved in the 46-days effort to find the ill-fated aircraft and the six people aboard remained in Divilacan as of press time.
The SAR team are waiting for available commercial vessels that will bring them to the Port of Sta. Ana, Cagayan prior to their return to their moth units.
Government search teams last Saturday finally recovered the decomposing bodies of the six victims of the plane that crashed in the thickly-forested area of Divilacan, Isabela last January 24.
The ill-fated plane crashed at the slope portion of the mountain and tore down into pieces, with many of its scattered parts found at the crash site.
Four of the victims were found 10-15 meters away from the point of impact while that of the pilot and one of his child-passengers were found at the point of impact.
Some of the remains were already in an advanced state of decomposition while others only had their bones.
The plane went missing after taking off from Cauyan Airport in Isabela.