Nine fatalities in plane crash identified
Published Sep 2, 2019 07:59 am
By Martin Sadongdong
Authorities have identified the nine individuals who died after a medical evacuation (medevac) plane carrying a patient crashed into a private resort in Pansol, Laguna on Sunday.
The crash site of a two-seater plane which caused explosion and fire at Brgy. Pansol in Calamba, Laguna Sunday afternoon.
(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Killed were the plane’s pilot Captain Jesus Hernandez; his co-pilot First Officer Lino Cruz Jr.; Dr. Garret Garcia; nurses Kirk Eoin Badiola and Yamato Togawa; the patient Tom Carr, and his wife, Erma; Raymond Bulacja, flight mechanic; and one Ryx Gil Laput, a report from the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 4A disclosed. The OCD-4A said the bodies of the nine fatalities were retrieved by authorities at 8:16 p.m. Aside from the fatalities, two other persons were injured in the plane crash. They were identified as Maria Luisa Roca, 50, who suffered a first degree burn on the right arm; and John Rae Roca, 20, who suffered a second degree burn on the face and first degree burn on both legs. Both were caretakers of Agojo private resort that the plane crashed into at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday located inside Miramonte Subdivision, Sitio 6, Brgy. Pansol, Calamba City. The OCD-4A confirmed earlier reports that a King AIR 350 with tail #RPC 2296, an 11-seater medical evacuation plane, departed Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte at 1:40 p.m. en route to Manila when the accident happened. Authorities have yet to determine the cause of the accident. The condition of the killed patient was not readily available for disclosure, according to OCD. Eric Apolonio, spokesperson for the Civil aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), said the plane lost radar contact at around 3:10 p.m. while flying 25 nautical miles from Manila. "The Philippine Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Center (PARCC) received an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) alert from the satellite-aided search and rescue initiative Corpas-Sarsat near Pansol, Laguna at 3:14 p.m.," he said. By that time, the plane had crashed and was already engulfed in flames. While nine individuals were aboard the plane, only eight were written in the manifesto, Apolonio noted. He said investigators from the CAAP Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board (AAIIB) have been dispatched to determine the cause of the accident. Read more: 9 bodies retrieved from Calamba crash site
The crash site of a two-seater plane which caused explosion and fire at Brgy. Pansol in Calamba, Laguna Sunday afternoon.(ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) Killed were the plane’s pilot Captain Jesus Hernandez; his co-pilot First Officer Lino Cruz Jr.; Dr. Garret Garcia; nurses Kirk Eoin Badiola and Yamato Togawa; the patient Tom Carr, and his wife, Erma; Raymond Bulacja, flight mechanic; and one Ryx Gil Laput, a report from the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 4A disclosed. The OCD-4A said the bodies of the nine fatalities were retrieved by authorities at 8:16 p.m. Aside from the fatalities, two other persons were injured in the plane crash. They were identified as Maria Luisa Roca, 50, who suffered a first degree burn on the right arm; and John Rae Roca, 20, who suffered a second degree burn on the face and first degree burn on both legs. Both were caretakers of Agojo private resort that the plane crashed into at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday located inside Miramonte Subdivision, Sitio 6, Brgy. Pansol, Calamba City. The OCD-4A confirmed earlier reports that a King AIR 350 with tail #RPC 2296, an 11-seater medical evacuation plane, departed Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte at 1:40 p.m. en route to Manila when the accident happened. Authorities have yet to determine the cause of the accident. The condition of the killed patient was not readily available for disclosure, according to OCD. Eric Apolonio, spokesperson for the Civil aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), said the plane lost radar contact at around 3:10 p.m. while flying 25 nautical miles from Manila. "The Philippine Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Center (PARCC) received an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) alert from the satellite-aided search and rescue initiative Corpas-Sarsat near Pansol, Laguna at 3:14 p.m.," he said. By that time, the plane had crashed and was already engulfed in flames. While nine individuals were aboard the plane, only eight were written in the manifesto, Apolonio noted. He said investigators from the CAAP Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board (AAIIB) have been dispatched to determine the cause of the accident. Read more: 9 bodies retrieved from Calamba crash site