Brother of Saudi student missing in the Philippines laments ‘weak’ search effort

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Ellie Aben, Baker Atyani, Ruba Obaid

article author:

Ellie Aben

BAKER ATYANI

Ruba Obaid

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Mon, 2019-05-27 02:29

MANILA/JEDDAH: The brother of a Saudi aviation student, who went missing over a week ago while on a training flight in the Philippines, on Sunday criticized the government for its “very weak” search efforts and the Saudi Embassy in Manila for its lack of help.
Abdullah Khalid Al-Sharif, a 23-year-old student at the Orient Flying School, was on a training flight on May 17 in Occidental Mindoro province when contact was lost with his plane. His flying instructor, Capt. Jose Nelson Yapparcon, is also missing.