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Palace assures swift probe on presidential chopper crash 04/09/2009
Sophia M. Dedace, GMANews.TV
The ill-fated aircraft took off from the Loakan Airport in Baguio City late Tuesday afternoon and was supposed to go to Ifugao province as advance party for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's inspection. However, it never reached its destination.
On board the aircraft were Press Undersecretary Jose Capadocia Jr., senior presidential military aide Brig. Gen. Carlos Clet, Undersecretary for Presidential Engagements and Appointments Malou Frostrom, Presidential Management Staff assistant director Perlita Bandayanon, Navy Petty Officer 1 Demy Reyno, and Air Force Sergeant Roe Gem Perez.


The wreckage of the chopper was found Wednesday at a heavily forested mountain along boundaries of Benguet and Ifugao provinces. The bodies of seven of the victims were likewise recovered Wednesday while Perez's remains was recovered only Thursday morning, authorities said.

Judge Floro, LUIS, Mark my word, they will regret it! PHILIPPINE Air Force (PAF) said the pilots of the ill-fated presidential helicopter that crashed in Benguet last April 7 evaded a low cloud formation and thick fog engulfing a crucial mountain pass en route to Lagawe, Ifugao. Air Force spokesman Gerardo Zamudio said the evading helicopter flew into an enveloping mass of clouds behind it causing the Bell 412 Number 1946 to made contact with trees and crashed.

Eight died in the incident, including Press Undersecretary Jose Capadocia, Presidential Management Staff Undersecretary Malou Frostrum, and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's senior military aide, Brigadier General Carlos Clet. Citing initial findings of the PAF Aircraft Accident Investigation Board under Major General Jovito Gammad, Zamudio said that the doomed 250th Presidential Airlift Wing helicopter crashed 6,900 feet above sea level between Mounts Mangingihi and Pulag in Tinoc, Ifugao.

"The impact site's bearing of 280-degrees that was way off the northernly direction of 30-degrees to Lagawe indicates that seasoned pilots Major Ronaldo Sacatani and Captain Alvin Alegata decided to turn back instead of hurdling the Kabayan-Pulag saddle towards Lagawe," he said. The Kabayan-Pulag pass is the usual gateway for PAF pilots flying the Benguet to Ifugao route because the mountain ranges that increasingly descend from that point makes flying safer.