Diving operation for Cessna plane off Ilocos Sur resumes Saturday
A Philippine Coast Guard search and rescue team will resume diving operations early Saturday morning to retrieve the Cessna plane that crashed Friday off Ilocos Sur.
GMA News reported on Saturday that the diving operation was stopped after sunset on Friday due to poor illumination and was scheduled to resume early the following day.
PCG-Candon substation, in coordination with the Santiago town disaster responders, conducted an initial search in the crash area but halted the operation at about 6 p.m. as it was already dark, the report said.
Citing initial information from the first diving mission, the report said divers saw the aircraft and people inside the main fuselage.
An earlier report on the "State of the Nation with Jessica Soho" said two people were initially reported killed in the incident.
Residents were quoted as saying that the plane was flying low when it hit a zipline cable and crashed into the sea. —LBG, GMA News
