An unverified radio report that a domestic flight went down in Sultan Kudarat sent aviation, military and private airline officials on a wild goose chase for the truth Sunday afternoon.
Just after lunch, the story started circulating that a plane of leading carrier "Cebu Pacific" had crashed somewhere in Esperanza town. The information apparently came from a field reporter in Mindanao and picked up by the main desk in Manila.
A query sent to Cebu Pacific was responded to in 15 minutes: "No Cebu Pacific flight is involved in a reported incident in Sultan Kudarat today. All our flights are accounted for."
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines, which was swarmed with queries from media, the general public, from Malacanang and the military, said just after Cebu Pacific's reply that it was still checking unverified reports from the PNP in Sultan Kudarat that a private aircraft had crashlanded in the area.
But, it soon added, "upon verification by our Operation Rescue and Coordinating Center, all commercial flights" flying near the area were found to be "accounted for" and there are no missing commercial flights.
CAAP continued to make verifications for an hour more, before finally concluding there was no such incident in the first place. During that time, the local police and military were reported to have mounted search missions and sounded the alert, asking people to inform authorities of any sightings.
http://www.interaksyon.com/article/112385/thank-god--hours-long-wild-goose-chase-for-truth-about-plane-crash-yields-nothing
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