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CAAP probes death of pilot

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AVIATION authorities are investigating the case of a Cebu Pacific Airlines plane co-pilot who died after it landed in Cebu over the weekend.

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines immediately formed a team from its Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board to check how the pilot Margarito Auza Austria Jr. died.  

“They are now conducting an inquiry on the reported medical incident that transpired on Saturday December 17, 2016 at the Cebu–Mactan International Airport (CMIA) on board a Cebu Pacific flight 5J548 from Singapore bound for Cebu,” said CAAP spokesperson Eric Apolonio.

Apolonio said CAAP’s AAIIB investigators Harry Paradero and Rodrick Briones were immediately dispatched to Cebu to collect information to determine the cause of the incident.

Initial reports showed that flight 5J548 landed safely at CMIA at 9 am after Austria became incapacitated due to the sudden onset of a medical condition.

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