THERE is a special communication system installed in the Beechcraft King Air BE350 aircraft that crashed and killed nine persons in a resort in Barangay Pansol, Calamba City, Lagun a that could explain what went wrong despite the absence of a black box, investigators said on Monday.

Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) spokesman Eric Apolonio said Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board (AAIIB) probers were looking for the special communication system to determine the conversation between the pilot and the control tower before the crash on sunday.

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