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Bodies of Cessna plane crash victims transferred to Cauayan City

By: - Correspondent / @VillVisayaJrINQ
/ 11:10 AM March 14, 2023

Air Force-Tactical Operations Group 2 crew members carry the remains of the victims in a plane crash in Isabela province on Tuesday, March 14. (Photo courtesy of Army’s 5th Infantry Division)

CAUAYAN CITY — The bodies of the six people who died when a Cessna plane (RP-C1174) crashed in January in the Isabela province were taken to this city early Tuesday (March 14).

Col. Sadiri Tabutol, Philippine Air Force (PAF) Tactical Operations Group 2 (TOG2) commander, said the remains of the victims arrived at the TOG2 center shortly before 9 a.m. after being airlifted by a Super Huey 122 helicopter from Isabela’s Divilacan town, where the crash site was found on March 9.

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The Civil Aviation Authority (CAAP) said the bodies of the crash victims were transported by the Philippine Air Force from Divilacan town proper in Isabela to Cauayan Airport at 8:38 a.m.

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Investigators from CAAP’s Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board have also arrived at the crash site to conduct a field investigation.

On board the ill-fated aircraft were the pilot, Capt. Eleazar Mark Joven and passengers Val Kamatoy, Mark Eiron Esguerra, Xam Esguerra, Rom Joshtle Manday and Josefa Perla Espana.

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Bringing down the cadavers from the crash site in the forest of Barangay Ditarum in Divilacan took a while to complete due to the rough terrain and bad weather.

Relatives were asked to wait for the remains of the victims at the TOG2 center. – With reports from Meralyn Melitante, Inquirer.net trainee

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