The wreckage of the Cessna plane that went missing after taking off from Bicol International Airport in Daraga town of Albay province on Saturday was found scattered near the crater of Mayon Volcano on Sunday, authorities said. | MaAprilMierINQ /PDI
The Energy Development Corp. , the country’s largest producer of geothermal energy, released a statement on Sunday confirming that the four persons on board the aircraft were connected with the company.The EDC said they were coordinating closely with the local authorities and deployed their own emergency response teams from their geothermal facilities in the provinces of Albay, Leyte, Negros Oriental, and Davao to assist in the search.
EDC said they already coordinated with the families of the two Australian passengers who were working as their technical consultants. Ground search and rescue teams were deployed on Sunday morning to locate the crash site but were asked to pull out to give way to more aerial operations and reassessment of search and rescue efforts, said Florece.
Florece earlier said the search teams were facing “complex challenges” because the volcano is under alert level 2 and heavy rains could trigger lahar flows and floods along its slopes.
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