No letup in search for missing Cessna plane

MANILA, Philippines — Rescue teams searching for the missing Cessna plane and its six passengers in Isabela are starting to get sick from the rain and cold weather.

“They are groping in the dark... Sumusuko na yung iba. Nagkakasakit na. Unang-una malamig, pangalawa umuulan... Paakyat na madulas dahil virgin forest,” Constante Foronda, head of the Isabela Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said over dzBB yesterday.

”Zero visibility pa halos... Hindi nila nakikita yung kanilang target,” he added.

While rescue teams are not giving up and doing their best, authorities believe it will take time to locate the aircraft or its wreckage.

Foronda clarified there has not been any sighting of debris.  He said the area where a white object was last seen is the main focus of search and rescue operations, but other teams are searching in other areas.

He said there is a low chance that the missing aircraft landed at sea since one of the cellular phones of the passengers rang when relatives tried to call.

The Philippine Army said three teams from the 95th Infantry Battalion continue to comb through possible landing areas in Barangays Sapinit and Dicaruyan in Divilacan town.

The plane has been missing since Tuesday last week after it departed from Cauayan airport enroute to Maconacon airport.

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