Efforts to locate missing Cessna plane in Isabela resume after 3-day halt | Inquirer News

Efforts to locate missing Cessna plane in Isabela resume after 3-day halt

By: - Reporter / @FArgosinoINQ
/ 01:59 PM February 23, 2023

The search operations for the ill-fated Cessna that took off from the Cauayan Domestic Airport in Isabela province resumed on Thursday, the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Isabela said.

LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF LIFE A rescue team from the military is scouring the northern part of Sierra Madre mountain ranges in Isabela province to search for the missing Gen AV Cessna 206 and its six occupants in this photo taken in January 27, 2023. Authorities said they are still hopeful that the aircraft safely landed in the forest after it went off radar on January 24. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PHILIPPINE ARMY 5TH INFANTRY DIVISION

MANILA, Philippines — The search for the missing Cessna that departed from the Cauayan Domestic Airport in Isabela province resumed on Thursday, following delays due to poor weather conditions, according to the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Isabela.

“After three days of suspension of search activities due to bad weather, operations resume today,” Isabela PDRRMO Commander Atty. Constante Foronda Jr. said in a statement.

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To speed up the operations, Foronda also said four more tracker dogs and eight handlers would fan out to Maconacon town.

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A total of 13 tracking dogs, along with handlers, will join the operations once the latest batch arrives, the agency said.

The six-seater Cessna 206 plane went missing an hour after leaving the Cauayan Domestic Airport on January 24.

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It was bound for the coastal town of Maconacon when it went missing.

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