Rescuers find more bodies

Rescuers find more bodies

KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (AFP): Rescuers have recovered the body of a Filipino businessman during their search for a Sabah Air helicopter which went missing last Wednesday with 10 people on board, officials said.

This brings to four the number of bodies recovered from the helicopter which was ferrying employees of Petronas Carigali, a unit of the state-owned Petroliam Nasional Bhd. (Petronas) oil company.

The body of 56-year-old Filipino Vincente Rico, was found late Saturday in the waters of Pulau Tiga, an island located between Kota Kinabalu and Labuan island. Labuan is 110 kilometers west of Kota Kinabalu, the capital of eastern Sabah state.

Three helicopters, a plane and several navy vessels continued their search yesterday after two bodies and parts of the rotor blades of the helicopter were found last Friday.