Search, rescue ops for missing Cessna plane in Albay continue

Search and rescue operations for the missing Cessna plane in Albay resumed Sunday (Photo courtesy of MPS Camalig, Albay)

By Gabriela Baron

The search and rescue operations for the missing Cessna plane in Albay resumed Sunday, Feb. 19.

The rescue team concentrated around the Mayon Volcano in Camalig town.

A Cessna 340, with a tail number RP-C2080, was reported missing after it lost contact with the Bicol International Airport around 6:46 a.m.

The aircraft, carrying four persons, was scheduled to land in Manila at 7:53 a.m.

This is the second Cessna plane to be reported missing this year.

The first one was Cessna 206 which was believed to have crashed in the forests of Divilacan town in Isabela in January. With reports from Patrick de Jesus

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