The retrieval of the four bodies of the Cessna plane crash victims was suspended on Sunday as bad weather conditions and the steep slopes of Mayon Volcano continued to pose risks to the responders. | MaAprilMierINQ /PDI
Once the weather improved, the same group would continue the operations as they were already familiar with the trail and the strategies on how to bring down the victims’ remains, Baldo said.Tim Lawrence Florece, municipal information officer of Camalig, said the incident management team was also coordinating with the Tactical Operations Group 5 of the Philippine Air Force, which is based in Legazpi City, for the possible airlifting of the bodies of the victims to hasten the operations.
“Initially, they are establishing safe spots to hover and at least lessen the burden of the responders,” Florece said in a separate interview. The responders started to bring down the four cadaver bags on Feb. 25, but had difficulty negotiating the steep slopes, loose soil and rocks along the trail. The remains of the pilot, Capt. Rufino James Crisostomo Jr., mechanic Joel Martin, and Australian passengers Simon Chipperfield and Karthi Santhanam were found a short distance from where the plane crashed.
Crisostomo and Martin were longtime employees of the Energy Development Corp., the country’s largest geothermal power producer, while the Australians were technical consultants of the company. They were returning to Manila from inspections in Albay and Sorsogon provinces when their plane disappeared minutes after it took off from BIA in Daraga, Albay, at 6:43 a.m. on Feb. 18.
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