Plane still missing; ‘debris’ found, but searchers sick

By Francis Earl Cueto and Vice Jacob Visaya

ILAGAN, Isabela – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) of Isabela said they are tracing an object that could be a debris from a Cessna plane that had gone missing.
    Isabela Provincial Information Office administrative officer Joshua Hapinat said in a radio interview that the object was spotted by residents living near Barangay Sapinit in Divilacan, Isabela.
    A rescue team has been deployed to verify the given information.
    "I have received an information that as of 6:45 a.m., people at 25 kilometers near the Ilagan-Divilacan Road reported that they spotted an object that could be a wreckage of the plane on the mountain side near Sapinit," Hapinat said in Filipino.
    The PDRRMC on Friday said a white object was seen in Barangay Dicaruyan, Divilacan, Isabela where a search and rescue operation for the missing Cessna plane was launched.
    According to PDRRMC head Constante Foronda, a farmer, said he had heard sounds coming from an aircraft.