The search and rescue operations for the missing Cessna plane will focus on the Mayon Volcano area, according to Camalig, Albay Mayor Carlos Irwin Baldo Jr. on Monday.
"Tuloy po ang search and rescue po natin habang hindi natin nakikita 'yung mga body ng sakay ng eroplano... Alam po natin 'yung wreckage ng eroplano malapit na po ito sa crater ng Mayon," Baldo said in an interview on Unang Balita.
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. The mayor said Mayon Volcano itself and the weather are posing challenges to the search and rescue operations. according to the bulletin issued by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Monday.
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