Initial reports showed that the ill-fated aircraft belonging to Bonanza Air Services, was transporting live Lapu-Lapu fish from Palawan to Manila when it made a force landing in the vicinity of Barangay San Guillermo at about 6:15 p.m., apparently due bad weather.
Rizal provincial police commander, Senior Superintendent Leo Santiago, said the fixed-wing eight-sitter Cessna plane with tail No. RPC 639 was piloted by a Captain Felimon Mendoza.
Mendoza died due to massive body injuries as his plane, though it did not explode when it hit the soft and hilly grounds, tumbled several times over. — Jaime Laude