A September 4, 2012 press release from the Department of Transportation and Communications
The Department of Transportation and
Communications (DOTC), Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
(CAAP), today said four crates containing the plane wreckage of the
ill-fated Piper Seneca plane that crashed and killed Interior and Local
Government Secretary Jesse Robredo and two others are now set to be
transported to Manila from Masbate Airport.
DOTC spokesperson Atty. Nic Conti said
the four crates which contain the fuselage, 2 wings and engines and
other pieces of RP-C4431 recovered from the crash site, located about
800 meters off the shore of Masbate are now being hauled aboard
Philippine Coast Guard vessel 891.
PCG head Admiral Edmund Tan said that
the PCG vessel is scheduled to set sail at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow
(Wednesday) and is expected to arrive the Manila South Harbor Thursday
at 2:00 p.m.
CAAP Deputy Director General Rodante
Joya said that they will move the pieces of evidence straight to the
CAAP office along MIA Road in Pasay City.
Joya added that the wreckage will be
inspected by the 5-man Special Investigation Committee formed by CAAP
composed of aviation industry experts headed by Capt. Amado Soliman,
chief of the CAAP accident investigation board.
The formation of industry experts to
investigate the crash complies with the directive of outgoing DOTC
Secretary Mar Roxas, who ordered nothing less than a “comprehensive and
exhaustive” probe into the crash.
Other members of the Committee are vice
chairman Capt. Beda B. Badiola, retired General Ramon A. Ragasa
(representing general aviation sector), Capt. Felipe L. Timola, Jr.
(representing airline industry), and Col. Allen T. Paredes (representing
military aviation sector).
Badiola is a PAL senior vice president,
Ragasa is a retired PAF general, Timola is Cebu Pacific Airlines
director for safety, while Paredes is also with PAF.
The committee also has four support
groups that were tasked to look into the crash on different angles:
human factor, airframe and structure, powerplant group, and aircraft
systems.
In ensuring a systematic inquiry
approach, the Committee’s Airframe/Structure Special Group will assist
the investigation team in inspecting the right engine. The Committee
will submit periodic report in the course of the investigation.
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