LAOAG CITY – Inlawlawag ti Apayao Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office a ti pay laeng kumpirmado ket ti lokasyon ti nagpukaw a Cessna 152 plane.

Daytoy ket kontra iti reports manipud iti maysa nga opisyal iti Cagayan a maysa nga officer ti Apayao Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management ti nangkumpirmar a dagiti naglugan a maysa a piloto ken Indian student pilot ket agpada a pimmusay.

Inbatad pay ni National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council information officer Diego Mariano nga agtultuloy ti search and rescue operations tapno makita dagiti dua a naglugan.

Basar iti Apayao provincial government, nakalugan iti cessna plane da Capt. Edzel John Lumbao Tabuzo ken student pilot Anshum Rajkumar Konde.

Segun met iti Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), nasuspenso met ti operasyon ti aircraft nga Echo Air.

Kinumpirmaran pay ti Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines a naipatulod metten dagiti imbestigador manipud iti Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board para iti imbestigasyon.

Maipalagip nga idi Agosto 1, nagpukaw ti Cessna plane nga agturong kuma idiay Tuguegarao City, sumagmamano a minutos kalpasan ti panagtake-off na iti Laoag International Airport.

STATEMENT:

“We would like to clarify that the only confirmed information is the possible crash site of the missing Cessna 152. All other information are subject for verification.”

“A search and rescue team has already been dispatched to look for the exact location of the crash site. The aerial reconnaissance conducted earlier has been aborted due to inclement weather.”