No plane crash in southern Philippines, aviation regulator says; aircraft landed safely in Butuan

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) on Tuesday clarified that a private plane carrying six foreign nationals did not crash in the southern Philippines. The regulator said the aircraft, registration N882TP, had been accounted for and was confirmed to have landed safely at Butuan Airport in Agusan del Norte, and that the earlier report of a crash in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, was a false alarm.

Earlier report said six aboard, fate unknown — corrected

Reuters had earlier reported, citing Jomar Calledo, a disaster agency official in the southern city of Digos in Davao del Sur, that a private plane carrying six foreign nationals had come down in Barangay Sinoron, Sta. Cruz, at around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, with rescue operations under way and the fate of those aboard unknown. This report was published as a flash on that basis. CAAP later said in a statement that the aircraft had landed safely in Butuan. Six foreign nationals were reportedly aboard; CAAP did not name the operator, and has not said what the aircraft was doing in the area, who chartered it, or how a local disaster office came to confirm a crash that did not happen.

Sources: Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines statement, November 10, 2026 (quoted by Inquirer.net); Reuters, November 10, 2026.