The wreckage of a small plane carrying two Filipino pilots and two Australian passengers was identified Tuesday on one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes, officials said.
An aerial search found no sign of those aboard the Cessna 340, which crashed into a gully on the slope of Mayon volcano in Albay province, where it went missing after taking off Saturday enroute to Manila, aviation officials said.
Only the tail section of the plane remained intact, said Eric Apolonio, spokesperson of the civil aviation agency. Mayor Carlos Baldo of Camalig town said four teams of government personnel and volunteers, including mountaineers with satellite phones, began scaling the 8,077-foot volcano on Tuesday morning after the weather cleared. They should be able to reach the crash site on Wednesday, he said.
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