Plane crashes in Philippines

Thu, 07 May 1998 | Source: REUTERS

MANILA (Reuters): A Cessna-206 plane carrying seven people crashed yesterday on Bohol island in central Philippines, the Air Transportation Office (ATO) said.

It could not be immediately determined if there were any survivors. "We received a report from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) rescue helicopter and the crash site is estimated at two miles south of Clarin, Bohol," Arturo Donayri, chief operations officer of the ATO's Mactan Office, said by telephone.

The Cessna took off from the General Santos City Airport in southern Philippines, and was flying towards the Mactan Airport in central Cebu island.

The light plane was carrying six passengers and a pilot, Donayri said. He said it was privately owned by the Asian Christian Aviation Ministry.

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