Two people were wounded Tuesday after a plane crashed into sea northeast of the Philippine capital, a local report said.

 

The crash site was about one km from the runway of the Subic Bay airport in Zambales City, some 90 km to the northeast of Manila, dzBB radio quoted Armand Areza, administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA), as saying.

 

The Cessna airplane pilot and a passenger were rushed to the Hospital, the official said, adding that the crash did not cause any damage to the airport facility.

 

There are a number of flight training schools inside the free port, according to Areza.

 

(Xinhua News Agency January 16, 2007)