Anonymous ID: c0731a July 4, 2021, 8:33 a.m. No.14052461   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2492 >>2600

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Philippines plane crash

Forty-nine people have been wounded and at least 45 killed in a military plane crash in the Philippines Sunday.

Plane missed a runway in Bangkal village in the town of Patikul in Sulu province, an army official said.

Ninety-six people were onboard the Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft, including three pilots who survived.

Rescue efforts are ongoing to find five unaccounted for military personnel, the Philippine Armed Forces said.

It is not yet clear what caused the crash, which happened at around midday during a transport of troops.

The crash happened in an area where the army has been fighting a long war against Islamist militants from the Abu Sayyaf and other factions.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9754027/Military-plane-crashes-Philippines-40-rescued.html

Anonymous ID: c0731a July 4, 2021, 8:54 a.m. No.14052566   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2573

Phillipines plane crash

The aircraft originally took off from Manila with only a few passengers, including a two-star army general, Romeo Brawner Jr., who disembarked with his wife and three children in Cagayan de Oro city, where he's set to become the new military regional commander on Monday. The army troops then boarded the C-130 in Cagayan de Oro for the flight to Sulu.

 

Brawner said he was stunned to learn that the plane he'd just flown on had crashed.

โ€œWeโ€™re very thankful that we were spared, but extremely sad that so many lost their lives,โ€ Brawner told The Associated Press.

 

It was not immediately clear what caused the crash. Regional military commander Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan said it was unlikely that the aircraft took hostile fire, and cited witnesses as saying that it appeared to have overshot the runway then crashed on the periphery of the airport.

 

Military chief of staff Gen. Cirilito Sobejana told reporters that โ€œthe plane missed the runway and it was trying to regain power but failed and crashed.โ€

 

An air force official told The AP that the Jolo runway is shorter than most others in the country, making it more difficult for pilots to adjust if an aircraft misses the landing spot. The official, who has flown military aircraft to and from Jolo several times, spoke on condition of anonymity because of a lack of authority to speak publicly.

 

https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Philippine-C-130-military-plane-crashes-40-16292507.php