No survivors aboard a plane that's been missing for over a month in the Philippines
NPRNo survivors aboard a plane that's been missing for over a month in the Philippines MANILA, Philippines — The wreckage of a small plane that went missing in late January in the northeastern Philippines has been found, ending weeks of mystery about its whereabouts. The downed Cessna 206 plane was spotted Thursday around 11 a.m local time in Isabela Province, according to local authorities. A spokesman for the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office in Divilacan, the town in Isabela Province near where the wreckage was found, also told reporters that parts of the plane were scattered about the area and clothing — assumed to be from the passengers — hung from the trees. Eleazar Mark Joven and passengers Xam Siguerra, 10; Rom Joshtle Manaday, 16; Mark Eiron Siguerra, 21; Val Kamatoy, 34; and Josefa Perla Espana, 59, were aboard the plane. Sponsor Message The Cessna took off on January 24 from Cauayan airport, a small airport also located in Isabela Province, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines told local media.
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