Courtesy PAF-Tactical Operations Group 2
THE Provincial Disaster Reduction and Management Office (PDRMO) announced Thursday that the missing Cessna aircraft in Isabela has been found.
However, there were no possible survivors found.
“The missing Cessna has just been found. The condition[s] of the passengers and pilot [are] still being verified. Details to follow,” the PDRRMO said in a message.
On January 24,Cessna C206 plane RPC 1174 took off from Cauayan Airport in Isabela at 2:15pm heading for Maconacon town.
On board the light aircraft were its pilot and five passengers.
The pilot last communicated with air traffic controllers at 2:19 p.m. in Naguilian.
The plane was expected to arrive in Maconacon at 2:45 p.m.
Isabela PDRRMO said the weather was clear when the plane left Cauayan Airport, but the wind around Sierra Madre was “turbulent.”
