Eight missing in plane crash

Eight missing in plane crash

BAGUIO, Philippines (AFP): A small plane crashed in the
northern Philippines early on Wednesday and all eight people on
board are missing, a military source here said.

The wreckage of the King Air plane was found in the village of
Luboluban near the town of Cervantes, said an air force source
who asked not to be named.

The source said no bodies were found among the wreckage of the
plane, owned by Lepanto Consolidated Mining Co.

The plane took off from a government airstrip at Poro Point on
Wednesday morning with several foreign consultants of unspecified
nationalities. It then failed to arrive at its destination at the
Lepanto airstrip in the mining town of Mankayan.