By Raydes B. Barcia
Legazpi City — No more survivors for Cessna plane crashed, Camalig town Mayor Carlos “Caloy” Irwin Baldo, Jr., ground commander of search and rescue operations said.
“Wala na pong survivor,” Baldo said on Wednesday before midnight here.
From search and rescue mission, Mayor Baldo announced through his FB wall that they will now focus on retrieval operation.
“Efforts focused on Cessna 340A shall now shift from RESCUE to RETRIEVAL operations,” Baldo ground commander of search and rescue in Camalig town said.
The Cessna plane carrying four passengers including the pilot reported missing after taking off at Bicol International Airport on Saturday (February 18, 2023) at 6:50 a.m.
The fuselage of Cessna plane was uncovered within the 6,500 feet or more than 300 meters away from Mayon volcano’s crater on February 19.
The rescuers executed a search and rescue mission for five days now to locate the missing passengers of Cessna plane that went down near the crater of restive Mayon volcano.(Rhaydz B. Barcia)