The military has recovered the bodies of two persons who were killed in a Cessna plane crash on Tuesday in Luna, Apayao.
The Army 503rd Infantry Brigade identified the victims as Capt. Edzel John Lumbao Tabuzo and student-pilot Anshum Rajkumar Konde.
The body of Tabuzo, the 24-year-old pilot of the ill-fated RP-C8958 Cessna 152 plane, has been turned over to his family.
Konde, 20, an Indian national, is currently undergoing processing before being turned over to the Indian Embassy.
The plane’s black box was recovered.
An Apayao Public Information Office (PIO) drone together with a group of uniformed personnel with assistance from a resident spotted the wreckage.
The Philippine Army (PA), Philippine National Police (PNP), and Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) conducted Search, Rescue and Retrieval Operations (SRR) to reach the wreckage after the exact location of the crash site was identified.
Apayao Gov. Elias C. Bulut Jr. and the province of Apayao have extend condolences to the families of the victims.