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Training aircraft crash lands in Tarlac; pilot, trainee rescued

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/06/01/20190601-aircraft1.jpg"/><figcaption>A training plane of Alpha Aviation crashlanded in Tarlac, Saturday morning. <em>Noriel Padiernos, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — A training plane carrying a pilot and his student on Sunday crash landed in Comillas town, Tarlac over apparent engine failure, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said Saturday.</p><p>Pilot Capt. Irineo Manguba and student pilot Jeny Jerome, an Indian national, survived the crash and were brought to hospital.</p><p>CAAP said the Cessna 172 aircraft of Alpha Aviation took off at the Clark airport at 7:29 a.m. and sought an emergency landing around 9:44 a.m., citing &quot;engine failure.&quot;</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/tvpatrol/06/01/20190601-aircraft2.jpg"/><figcaption>A training plane of Alpha Aviation crashlanded in Tarlac, Saturday morning. <em>Noriel Padiernos, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>After being cleared for emergency landing at the Pampanga airport, no communication was heard from the aircraft, CAAP said. The plane had apparently crash landed in Tarlac.</p><p>Manguba managed to reach the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and asked for rescue after the crash.</p><p>CAAP already dispatched an investigation team to the crash site.</p>

<p>MANILA — A training plane carrying a pilot and his student on Sunday crash landed in Comillas town, Tarlac over apparent engine failure, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said Saturday. <br /> </p>

MANILA — A training plane carrying a pilot and his student on Sunday crash landed in Comillas town, Tarlac over apparent engine failure, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said Saturday.