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Search and rescue ops continue for missing Cessna plane from Isabela

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<p>MANILA — Authorities continued conducting search and rescue operations on Friday to find a missing Cessna plane in the country&#x27;s mountainous north, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said on Friday said. </p><p>The single-engine 206 aircraft carrying a pilot and 5 passengers had taken off from Cauayan, Isabela on Tuesday on a route that would have taken it across the Sierra Madre mountain range, the CAAP earlier said. </p><p>In a statement, CAAP said &quot;close monitoring and continuous close coordination with concerned agencies and local government units (LGUs) are still in place.&quot;</p><p>&quot;As weather conditions are expected to improve today, the search and rescue (SAR) team will continue their attempt to find the said missing aircraft,&quot; it said.</p><p>The Philippine Air Force is conducting an aerial search in the vicinity where the aircraft went missing with 6 people on board, whose ages range from 10 to 59 years old, CAAP said. </p><p>Meanwhile, the Philippine Army, LGUs of Maconacon and Divilacan along with the Bureau of Fire Protection, and the Philippine National Police are conducting ground search, CAAP added. </p><p>Air traffic controllers earlier initiated a &quot;communication search&quot; after the plane did not respond half an hour after it was supposed to land at a remote airstrip in Maconacon, Isabela, CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio previously said. </p><p>The search and rescue operation was temporarily halted by poor weather on Wednesday, he added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/25/23/cessna-plane-goes-missing-after-takeoff-from-cauayan">Cessna plane goes missing after takeoff from Cauayan</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/25/23/2-killed-in-philippines-air-crash-another-plane-missing">Two killed in Philippines air crash, another plane missing</a></li></ul><div><strong>— With a report from Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2433611" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Authorities on Friday continued searching for a missing Cessna plane in the country's mountainous north.