In this photo released by Armed Forces of the Philippines Public Affairs Office, the wreckage of a Piper Seneca, which crashed Saturday killing three people including Philippine Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo, sits on a raft at Masbate city on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said the investigation into the plane crash might take a while with probers taking into consideration all possibilities that led to the crash. AP PHOTO/ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES
To coincide with the funeral rites of Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo in Naga City on Tuesday, the Philippine Coast Guard, provincial government of Masbate and the Church-led Masbate Advocates for Peace offered flowers at the site in Masbate Pass where the Piper Seneca plane carrying Robredo crashed.
Masbate Governor Rizalina Seachon-Lanete said the provincial government of Masbate would erect a graphite tombstone right at the crash site in honor of Robredo.
The Coast Guard, meanwhile, reported finding the second engine of the ill-fated plane on Tuesday afternoon at about 750 meters from the coast, the governor said. Jonas Cabiles Soltes, Inquirer Southern Luzon