The wreckage of a Cessna plane and the remain of the two pilots were recovered in Pudtol, Apayao after it was reported missing on Tuesday, Aug. 1. (Photo courtesy of Army’s 17th Infantry Battalion-5th Infantry Division)
TUGUEGARAO CITY – The bodies of the instructor-pilot and student-pilot have been recovered after their ill-fated Cessna plane crashed in Apayao province two days ago.
The body of 24-year-old Capt. Edzel John Tabuzo was turned over to his family, while the body of student-pilot Anshum Rajkumar Konde, 20, would be turned over to the Indian Embassy.
Soldiers from the 17th Infantry Battalion, local police, firefighters, and emergency volunteers found the aircraft’s wreckage in a forested area of Barangay Salvacion in Pudtol, Apayao using a drone.
The aircraft took off from Laoag City and was bound for Tugeugaraa when it was reported missing on Tuesday.
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