SULU – Philippine authorities have not found any traces or debris of any wreckage of a Malaysian plane that was reportedly discovered by bird hunters on the forested part of the remote island of South Ubian off the southern Tawi-Tawi province.
Troops were sent to the island to search for the wreckage, but found nothing, not even the hunters who allegedly recovered a piece of the wreckage.
Police in the Malaysian state of Sabah have earlier ordered an investigation into the reports after Jamil Omar, 46, told authorities there that his aunt, Sitti Kayam, told him October 8 that a nephew and some friends discovered the wreckage and several skeletal remains still intact while hunting birds on Sugbay village last month.
Sabah Commissioner of Police Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman ordered the Special Branch to interview Omar about the wreckage.
“There was a skeleton still in the pilot’s seat. The pilot had his safety belt on and the communication gear attached to his head and ears,” Omar, who works as an audio-visual assistant in Sabah, told police authorities. “They were not able to communicate the information earlier since there are no facilities on the island. So, my aunt came to see me.”
Police, quoting Omar’s report, said the Filipinos also recovered a piece of the wreck painted with a Malaysian flag, according to the news portal Free Malaysia Today.
In March 2014, Malaysian Flight MH370 with 239 mostly Chinese passengers also crashed in the Indian Ocean while on its way to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. (Mindanao Examiner)
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