Six Clark Miascor crew under probe
CLARK FREEPORT --- Six personnel of Miascor Aviation Services in Clark International Airport (CRK) are now under investigation after allegedly admitting stealing from a passenger’s bag.
Alexander Cauguiran, acting president of the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC), said the six ground handlers were placed under preventive suspension for the pilferage of the luggage of Jovinal Dela Cruz of Pandi, Bulacan.
CIAC withheld the names of the suspects pending the filing of administrative and criminal charges investigation by the airport authorities.
“I will also recommend to Miascor the termination from employment of the suspects,” Cauguiran said.
“Measures are now being undertaken with airlines and ground handlers to ensure that the incident will not happen again.”
The CIAC chief disclosed that Miascor has compensated the passenger for the lost items amounting to P82,824.
Under his Facebook account Jov En Ros, Dela Cruz on Wednesday posted his experience at Clark airport which went viral and earned the ire of net i zens.
Upon the discovery of the lost items, Dela Cruz and his spouse Rosemarie Campo Versoza filed a complaint at the Clark Airport Police Station last January 10.
The couple told the airport police that they arrived in from Singapore on board a Jet Star flight last December 23.
The victim’s said they were informed by PAGS agent Jobel Fernando that they will be notified once their three luggage and one box arrived in Clark.
However, no notification was sent to the passengers after more than two weeks, the police report prepared by Chief Inspector Adriano Junio, Jr. sai d .
“The complainants decided to go to Clark airport last January 10 for verification about their luggage were that they believed was already lost. But to their surprise, they learned that their luggage were delivered in Clark on December 24, 2017,” Junio stated.
“Upon claiming, they noticed that their luggage were damaged and found out that some items were missing,” the police officer added.