Plane carrying Robredo crashes

[kinyo]

i would give the aide some slack ... i don't think he had enough time to look for his boss, who apparently was ejected from his seat

even if the truth is that he never thought of finding his boss and just saved himself right away, being injured and running out of air ... he may not be the hero we hope he would be but his family would be so thankful nonetheless

he said he tried to grapple for his boss on his seat but found empty ... that's probably all he tried to do and can do, i.e. just one swing of his arm, before he decided to come up to the surface as he himself is drowning

[NightRock]

Ang galing ng nanghula... this year may isang politiko na mamatay sa accident at isang sikat na matandang artista..

[kinyo]

nakupo ... meron daw isinugod sa ospital na german volunteer diver

[marg]

nakupo ... meron daw isinugod sa ospital na german volunteer diver

Nitrogen Bends

[ZENMasterTYL]

Dios mabalos, Sec. Jesse Robredo

[Retz]

Robredo was found off the shore of Masbate approximately 2,625ft away and 150ft deep.

[renzo_d10]

Nakuha daw si Robredo sa pakpak ng eroplano then the pilot and co-pilot cannot be retrieved kasi sobrang lalim na raw kung nasaan sila. Nakita lang daw nung ROV kung nasaan yung dalawa.

Tapos yung aid ni Robredo nowhere to be seen na.

How true?

[jon777]

yan talaga hunch ko. nagising from unconsciousness yung aide, nakita niyang mataas na yung tubig sa plane kaya sarili niya lang nailigtas niya. siya mismo nagsabing naka seatbelt si Robredo. huwag niya nang sabihing hindi niya nakita sa eroplano si Robredo. Nakasakay nako sa ganyan eroplano. Ang LIIT-LIIT lang nung eroplano tapos di niya makita????? kung nakita yung eroplano sa ilalim na wala si Robredo, maniniwala pako na hindi niya makita si Sec. pero nandun katawan niya sa eroplano eh...

Sabihin niya na lang na hindi niya nailigtas si Robredo, mas maiintindihan ko pa

[CoDer]

^ Simply put the aide went and save himself. Ano pa ang paniniwalaan mo sa kanya sa dami ng version ng kwento nya.

[pop3corn]

Nakuha daw si Robredo sa pakpak ng eroplano then the pilot and co-pilot cannot be retrieved kasi sobrang lalim na raw kung nasaan sila. Nakita lang daw nung ROV kung nasaan yung dalawa.

Tapos yung aid ni Robredo nowhere to be seen na.

How true?

so ghost pala yun aide na kausap nila

[NightRock]

sana sinabi nalang ng aid sa unang interview nya na wala pa syang ma alala para naka pag isip muna sya ng tamang sasabihin..habang nag sasagawa pa ng rescue..ngayon conflict na yung mga sinabi nya mas mahirap ipaliwanag yon

[CVT]

RIP Secretary Jesse Robredo... DLSU IME-MEng 79(?)...

16.7K:weathermanf2:>:sampay:

[renzo_d10]

so ghost pala yun aide na kausap nila

Tingin ko rin. Ghost month eh.

[ZENMasterTYL]

the official testimony of abrazado

MASBATE CITY, Philippines—Senior Inspector June Paolo Abrazado, the only survivor of the plane crash that killed Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo on Saturday, said the face of Captain Jessup Bahinting, pilot of the plane, turned very red seconds before the aircraft nosed up and nosed down again and hit the water.

In a three-page testimony provided to the Inquirer by a highly placed source, Abrazado vividly recounted the last few minutes in the life of the multi-awarded former Naga City mayor.

Abrazado narrated the events leading to the crash to a Malacañang staffer on August 19, a day after their airplane went down at around 4:30 p.m. of Saturday.

The document did not provide the exact time of the events but said only that before the plane crashed, the pilot was looking for the runway of the Masbate Airport to make an emergency landing. The plane, which lost the right engine, was flying very low.

“There’s the runway! There’s the runway!” Abrazado quoted Bahinting as exclaiming when they approached the airport.

Runway missed

But they missed the runway as the plane glided to the left and headed to the residential area of Barangay (village) Ibingay, Abrazado said.

Bahinting, according to Abrazado, seemed to have intentionally avoided crashing right into Ibingay, one of the most populous sections of Masbate City.

After the plane glided to the right, sparing the village, it went out of control, wobbled, nosed up and nosed down, and hit the water, making a very strong impact, said Abrazado.

“My initial reaction was to hug Secretary Robredo,” he said.

The impact knocked them unconscious. “The sound of the crash was indescribable. I can’t explain it. But it was like the explosion of a bomb,” he said.

“When I regained consciousness, seawater was already rushing into the plane and the right side of the plane looked disintegrated,” he said.

“But the door of the plane remained locked by a latch. There was a (piece of) wood that looked to have pierced the glass pane of the plane. And the water kept rushing in” he added.

He said he could not find Secretary Robredo.

Rattled and losing mind

“We were seated beside each other. I did not know if it was me or he who got displaced. I just reached for my seatbelt because seawater was flooding the inside of the plane. I saw light coming in and I tried to surface. I did not know which part of the plane the light was peeping in. I was rattled. I was losing my mind. I tried many times to unfasten my seatbelt but it seemed I could not even move my hands. When I unbuckled it, I squeezed out myself from the plane. I was able to drink seawater mixed with gasoline so that I became dizzy.”

When he was able to surface, he saw the plane bobbing up, with only its tail above the water. The tail, he said, was perpendicular to the surface.

“Then I could not move my hands again. I was still wearing my shoes and pants. I said to myself that I would die because I could not even move my arms. I assumed that my arms were broken,” he said.

Then he saw his bag floating. “I summoned all the physical strength I could have to reach for the bag. My face was aching. My body was failing me. I grabbed the bag and it kept me floating long enough for a fisherman to rescue me,” he added.

He said he began shouting and calling for help while the bag was also slowly sinking.

“When I was rescued by a fisherman, I looked back at the plane. I saw no one from the plane was following me. I could only see what looked like debris,” he said.

He said he told the fisherman to rush him to the Masbate Police Office. But the fisherman told him that a rescue team was waiting.

Abrazado’s nose was bleeding by then.

Sensing problems

Before the crash, Abrazado was already sensing problems with the plane.

“While we were still up in the air, the display panel that also displayed directional map kept on flashing: ‘aviation expires 18 or November 28 2010.’ I can see from the panel a distance notification that said 20 to 26 miles. I don’t know what the expiration message meant. I wanted to inform Secretary about it but I did not want him to worry. I just made Secretary laugh by saying that there were many cases when a plane was flying with only one engine functioning,” he said.

He said while in the air, they were looking for the runway of the Masbate Airport in agony. “We were relieved when we saw the runway. Then when we were about to relax, the problem got in,” he said.

He said the plane began to swoop nose down when the pilot glided it to the right. Ït was then when he lost control.

“I wondered why the pilot chose to land in Masbate when he said we were returning to Cebu. In fact, I was able to reserve plane ticket from Cebu to Manila.

He said that when they took off from Cebu, Robredo was rushing to go home “because Naga airport would not allow a plane to land if they left Cebu at 2 p.m. We would be diverted to Legazpi City.”

“Secretary was able to talk to the one in charge with the tower of Naga airport and had a go signal,” he said.

“But we still took off at 3 p.m.”

Plane looking old

He said he noticed that the plane looked old but he said the pilot assured them that the plane was in good condition.

“I noticed that the co-pilot looked like a trainee and of different nationality,” he said.

After we took off from Cebu and while we were in the air, the display panel suddenly blinked and displayed: “check engine.”

“The pilot told us that there’s a problem and they could not proceed to Naga. Then Secretary Robredo told the pilot to just return to Cebu.”

“Then I felt the plane turn and I started coordinating with our staff in Cebu and asked them to book a Cebu-Manila ticket.

“Secretary Robredo was at ease that they were returning to Cebu but we noticed that the flight was taking longer than expected,” he said.

Then, he said, the right engine suddenly shut down and he and Secretary Robredo got worried.

But the plane was running well, he said, although the two pilots were trying to restart the engine that malfunctioned. The co-pilot even had a very relaxed demeanor when he turned to them at the back, he said.

“Then we asked the pilot if we were nearing Cebu and we were informed that we would be making an emergency landing in Masbate airport instead,” Abrazado said.

Then we approved and I tried to coordinate with Legazpi staff to provide a chopper for us since Secretary had an urgent engagement in Naga.

“While I was doing that, the plane was flying very close to the surface of the sea and I thought the plane was just making a final approach to the runway. I said to myself, we can survive this. I said even when the plane makes a water landing, I can manage to take out and save my boss,” he said.

But he was not able to do that.

Robredo plane avoided crashing into populous village

[renzo_d10]

Kinilabutan ako bigla nung binasa ko yung article na yan.

[boybi]

OT: anong date ang ilalagay sa death certificate ni sec. robredo, date when the plane crashed or date when his body was retrieved?

[NightRock]

so Ok naman pala yung aid.. very attentive sya even notice what is exactly happening... ang parang kulang lang wala silang proper training or orientation when it comes to emergency scenario while in the air..dapat alam nya na gagawin kasi alam nya mag emergency landing.. mas inuna pa yung mag pa book ng chopper kesa maging aware sa pag land ng plane. Nakita nya na pala mababa na yung lipad at halos nasa tubig na.

[ZENMasterTYL]

OT: anong date ang ilalagay sa death certificate ni sec. robredo, date when the plane crashed or date when his body was retrieved?

august 18 sabi sa news

[xninjax]

RIP Sir.




"President Benigno S. Aquino III and some members of his Cabinet accompanied the remains of the late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo to Pili Airport, Camarines Sur on Tuesday (August 21). At the airport, Robredo’s wife Atty. Leni and other family members are waiting for Robredo’s body. The remains of the former DILG Chief was found Tuesday morning at about 800 meters from the shore at a depth of 180 feet inside the fuselage of the small Piper Seneca plane that crashed off Masbate Saturday afternoon. Before serving the Aquino Government, Robredo was a former Mayor of Naga City. (Photo by: Benhur Arcayan/ Malacañang Photo Bureau)."

[SiRbossR]

Gano kaya kabilis yung eroplano upon impact, tapos yung seatbelt ba ng plane na yun parang seatbelt sa commercial airline na lapbelt lang walang restraint sa dibdib?

Yes, light A/Cs only have lap belts.