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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Elias Visontay

Search for wreckage atop volcano after plane with two Australians goes missing in Philippines

A wreckage near the crater of the Mayon volcano in the Philippines could be the plane that went missing with two Australians on board.
A wreckage near the crater of the Mayon volcano in the Philippines could be the plane that went missing with two Australians on board. Photograph: Charism Sayat/AFP/Getty Images

Two Australian men are feared dead after a plane lost contact in the Philippines with four people on board, as crews work to verify if a wreckage spotted near the crater of a restive volcano is the missing plane.

The plane, which was bound for the capital Manila, lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday, three minutes after it departed Bicol international airport in Albay province, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said in a statement.

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