MANILA: Philippine rescue teams began climbing an active volcano on Tuesday (Feb 21) in a 'very risky operation' to reach the wreckage of a small plane that crashed at the weekend, officials said.
Four people, including two Australians, were on board the Cessna 340 aircraft when it went missing last Saturday morning after taking off for Manila from Bicol International Airport in the central province of Albay, several kilometres from Mayon volcano.
Instead, search and rescue teams, including veteran mountaineers, began making the steep climb on foot. Mayon is the most active volcano in the country and last erupted in 2018, spewing tonnes of ash, rocks and lava. Access to its slopes is restricted. George Cordovilla, one of the mountaineers involved in the rescue effort, has climbed Mayon several times in the past and told AFP that it was a difficult ascent.
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