DARAGA, Albay: A private plane from Manila carrying six personnel from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) made an emergency landing at the Bicol International Airport (BIA) on Wednesday, police said.

Chief Insp. Arthur Gomez, spokesman for the Albay Philippine National Police (PNP), said the incident took place at about 11:30 a.m. when a strong wind forced the Gulfstream G200 to land at the unfinished airport in Barangay Alobo, Daraga town as the pilot, Capt. Jun Pangilinan, lost control of the aircraft.

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