From GMA News (Jul 4): Search vessel with ROV in Palawan to help look for OV-10 pilot
A search vessel with a remotely operated vehicle arrived in Palawan this week to help in the search for the pilots of an Air Force OV-10 plane that crashed off Palawan last June 23.
A search vessel with a remotely operated vehicle arrived in Palawan this week to help in the search for the pilots of an Air Force OV-10 plane that crashed off Palawan last June 23.
The ROV will be in Puerto Princesa City for two to three days, radio dzBB's Palawan affiliate James Viernes reported Thursday.
Its arrival comes nearly two weeks after the crash, even as search teams have so far failed to find the OV-10's main frame or its pilots.
Still missing are Maj. Jonathan Ybanez and 1Lt. Abner Nacion.
Earlier, Coast Guard Palawan commander Commodore Enrico Evangelista said the ROV will be used to determine if an object detected by sonar equipment off Palawan was the wreckage of the OV-10.
He said that once the ROV shows the object underwater is indeed the OV-10's wreckage, the Coast Guard's Special Operation Group divers will come in.
The Air Force OV-10 aircraft crashed off Palawan following a night proficiency flight June 23.
The crash prompted the Air Force to ground its fleet of OV-10 aircraft.