Remains of four passengers of fallen Cessna plane found near Mayon crater


Wreckage of Cessna plane that crashed into the slope of Mayon Volcano in Albay province — ALBAY REP. JOEY SALCEDA FACEBOOK PAGE

LEGAZPI CITY (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): Albay disaster officials confirmed Wednesday night (Feb 22) that the four people onboard the Cessna plane which crashed near Mayon Volcano were already dead.

In a private message, Camalig Mayor Carlos Irwin Baldo Jr, incident commander, said the bodies were found by the search and rescue teams deployed to make the challenging climb to the crash site located 350m below the summit crater. He did not give other information.

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