Indian pupil pilot, Filipino coach killed in small airplane crash within the Philippines

By Press Trust of India: An Indian pupil pilot and his Filipino coach had been killed when their small airplane crashed within the Philippines, authorities mentioned on Wednesday.

Two individuals died when the two-seater Cessna airplane crashed in Apayao province, the official Philippine News Agency reported.

However, rescuers couldn’t retrieve the our bodies of Capt. Edzel John Lumbao Tabuzo and pupil pilot Anshum Rajkumar Konde from the crash web site, it mentioned.

The Echo Air Cessna 152 plane was reported lacking on Tuesday afternoon after departing from Laoag International Airport at 12:16 pm, native media reported.

It was to succeed in Tuguegarao Airport at 3:16 p.m. However, it didn’t land. The wreckage of the airplane was discovered within the province of Apayao on Wednesday afternoon.

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Apayao Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) head Joeffrey Borromeo reported that the crash web site is positioned on the border of Barangay Salvacion, Luna city and Barangay San Mariano in Pudtol city.

A medical and rescue workforce on board a Black Hawk helicopter of the Philippine Air Force noticed the airplane’s wreckage and the cadavers of Tabuzo and Konde.

Meanwhile, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines has suspended the operations of Echo Air International Aviation Academy, the operator of the plane, INQUIRER.internet reported.

The operations of the flying faculty will stay suspended till a probe into the airplane crash is accomplished, the information portal reported.

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