One person, identified as
Robredo's aide, was rescued from the crash site, civil aviation chief William
Hotchkiss told PNA.
Robredo was headed to Naga City
to attend a political event, the agency reported.The Philippines Department of
Interior and Local Government said on its Twitter account that the pilot sent a
distress call to the Masbate airport requesting an emergency landing. It also
said that Robredo was unable to get out of the plane.
However, the department deleted
its messages later.The plane never made it the
airport and crashed in the ocean, Hotchkiss said.Authorities were searching for
Robredo and the two pilots, PNA reported.Robredo is a popular minister who
is known for the transformation of Naga City into a premier place under his
leadership as local chief executive, according to his official biography.He is a graduate of John F.
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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