Posted : 2021-07-05 09:21
Updated : 2021-07-05 15:22
This photo released by the Joint Task Force shows the remains of a Philippine military C-130 plane that crashed in Patikul town, Sulu province, southern Philippines, July 4. AP-Yonhap
All 96 passengers of the Philippine Air Force plane that crashed on Sunday killing 47 people have been accounted for, military chief Cirilito Sobejana said on Monday.
Forty nine military personnel were injured in the crash, Sobejana told Reuters.
The Department of National Defence said on Sunday three civilians on the ground were also killed, and four civilians were injured.
The Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft, carrying troops bound for counter-insurgency operations, overshot the runway after it touched down at Jolo airport in southern Sulu province, according to a military spokesman, Colonel Edgard Arevalo.