Pilot Successfully Ditches Plane In Water off Zamboanga Runway

7 July 2020

A Piper PA34-200 Seneca (RP-C834) plane carrying four people crash landed in Zamboanga waters after suffering engine failure upon take-off around 9:35 this morning. All persons on board survived the crash and were brought to Western Command Hospital who finds them in good condition.

The plane owned by Royhle Aviation Academy, Inc of Dumaguete City was piloted by an Indian national together with an Indian national flight instructor, a Nepali student pilot and a Filipino mechanic that had routine training mission to Zamboanga International airport from Dumaguete City hours earlier. It was cleared by tower to take-off back home when two of its engine suddenly died while climbing.

The pilot managed to successfully ditched the plane in the coastal water of Sinunuc few kilometers away from runway 09 saving their lives.

Cause of engine failure are now being investigated by the Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board (AAIIB) while the aircraft is brought to CAAP grounds for examination.

Tricycle Driver Yusop Mufri narrates the event below:
YA AUCILIA!
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