MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) - The Philippine Air
Force (PAF) is now combing in an area southwest of La Monia Island near
Corregidor for the wreckage of the ill-fated SF-260 trainer plane that
crashed last Friday.
In a statement, PAF said “there has been no
confirmation of the actual wreck site and the aircraft, save for a few
debris found last Friday. This is also to belie earlier reports from
other sources that remains or some body parts of the 2 missing pilots
have been recovered.”
Two Air Force pilots remain missing after their
trainer plane crashed off Mariveles, Bataan last Friday. The plane left
Sangley Point in Cavite at around 6:52 a.m. for a proficiency flight but
they lost contact three hours later.
PAF has also contracted a survey ship, with sonar
and fathom tracking devices, to help in the search, PAF spokesman Lt.
Col. Miguel Ernesto Okol said.
PAF has ordered the temporary grounding of all SF-260 planes following the incident.
The plane that crashed on Friday was included among the batch that the Philippines bought in 1994.
Another batch of the Italian-made planes was also bought in 2008.
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ABS-CBN News Online | May 20, 2012 | Article Link
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