Follow-Up: Reported Private Plane Crash in Southern Philippines Was a False Alarm, Aviation Authority Says the Aircraft Landed Safely in Butuan
Manila — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said on November 10 that a reported crash of a private plane carrying six foreign nationals in the southern Philippines earlier that day was a false alarm: the aircraft, registration N882TP, was accounted for and had landed safely at Butuan Airport in Agusan del Norte.
At about 8 a.m. on Tuesday, reports said a plane had come down near Barangay Sinoron in the town of Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur. Jomar Calledo, a disaster agency official in the city of Digos, initially told media that a private plane carrying six foreign nationals had crashed, that rescue operations were under way and that the fate of those on board was unknown. GSM published a report on November 9 based on that official's account.
The aviation authority then verified that the aircraft, N882TP, was intact and had landed safely at Butuan Airport. Calledo later confirmed that the crash report had been a false alarm. The authority did not name the aircraft's operator in its statement, and the identities of the six foreign nationals on board were not made public.
The reported crash that briefly triggered a rescue response therefore did not occur, and everyone on board is safe.
（Source: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines）
Source: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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