Yes, the findings were harsh indeed when the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) found grave lapses in the crash of the Piper Seneca that claimed the life of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, the owner Capt. Jessup Bahinting and Nepalese student pilot Kshitiz Chand. But unless there is solid, technical evidence [...]
Civil aviation authorities will now have to trace the planes cleared by the same inspector who declared the airworthiness of the Piper Seneca plane that crashed in Masbate on Aug. 18, killing Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, according to officials.
The family of Captain Jessup Bahinting conceded on Tuesday that he might have committed errors that led to the crash of the Aviatour Air’s Piper Seneca plane last August 18, killing him, a co-pilot and Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo.
With the burial of Capt. Jessup Bahinting, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) should intensify its investigation into the Aug. 18 plane crash that claimed the pilot’s life as well as the lives of his Nepalese co-pilot and Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo.
Eight days after his Piper Seneca plane crashed off the waters of Masbate City, Capt. Jessup Bahinting has come home to his own “happy place” in Ginatilan town, in southwestern Cebu yesterday.
THE family, friends and employees of the late Capt. Jessup Bahinting voiced dismay over reports that he allegedly had an expired license when he flew Interior and Local Governments Secretary Jesse Robredo last Aug. 18.
The body of Captain Jessup Bahinting, the pilot of the ill-fated Piper Seneca that crashed into the seas off Masbate on August 18, was transferred to Ginatilan town on Sunday morning.
It was a bittersweet moment for Margarita Bahinting, widow of Captain Jessup Bahinting, when she received a posthumous Lifesaver’s Award on behalf of her husband.
The room was filled with uniformed pilots and flight school students that one would think it was another graduation ceremony for the Aviatour Air flight school here.
Fishermen on Thursday retrieved the body of Nepali student pilot Kshitiz Chand as police began an investigation into the plane crash that killed Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, the Nepali and the aircraft’s owner.
Margarita Bahinting, the wife of Captain Jessup Bahinting, chairman and executive officer of Aviatour Air, expressed dismay at the reports that her husband was found on the right side of the cockpit, saying this was erroneous.
The bodies of the two pilots of the light plane that crashed off Masbate with Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo were flown to Cebu on Thursday.
As devout Christians, the family of Capt. Jessup Bahinting said they have come to terms with his death.
