Light plane carrying live fish crashes in Palawan

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Philippines—A four-seat light plane carrying live fish bound for Manila crashed while taking off at around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday from the municipal airstrip of Roxas town, some 90 kilometers north of the provincial capital.

Both the pilot and his co-pilot, the only persons on the single engine aircraft with tail number RPC 6883, escaped with no injuries but the plane itself was split in the middle upon impact on the ground, according to an initial police report.

The report said the plane was unable to complete its takeoff and crashed at the end of the runway in Barangay (village) Retac, Roxas.