RP-C3288 Lands In Beach

28 September 2015


BY JUDY F. PARTLOW

A cessna plane (RP-C3288) made an emergency landing at the shoreline near the Amontilado Resort in Barangay Bulak, Dauin town, Negros Oriental at around 3:40 p.m. yesterday, after it lost power, a police report said.

The plane's pilot was identified as Jimmy Chacko Dommen, 29, single, an Indian national residing in Bantayan, Dumaguete City, while the passenger was named as Rolando Almido Soliva, 63, married, of Sta. Isabel, Dipolog City, a Filipino who owns the plane.

They were both unharmed, reports said.

The plane was travelling from Dumaguete City to Dipolog when it lost its engine power but was able to make an emergency landing at the shoreline in Dauin. The plane incurred major damage and due to be written-off. JFP