MILITARY rescuers have finally retrieved and airlifted the bodies of two helicopter crash victims in Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan last week, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said on Tuesday.
The remains of Capt. Miguel C. Logronio and his Aircraft Mechanic Eng. Jay Gregorio were airlifted by the 505th rescue group in a Sokol helicopter at Villamor Airbase Grandstand at around 11 a.m.
The Air Force and the Army rescue personnel resumed their retrieval operation following a two-day suspension due to bad weather at the crash site in Sitio Macua, Barangay Kabayunan in Trinidad near the boundary of Quezon province.
The helicopter AS350B2 type is operated by Macroasia Air Taxi Services with registry number RP-C2688. It was on rescue mission extracting trapped miners inside the Sumag diversion tunnel project by Manila Water and Sewerage System when the accident happened.