Published April 28, 2021, 11:34 AM
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) identified on Tuesday night, April 27, three of the four victims aboard a military chopper that crash landed into the sea in Getafe, Bohol while on a maintenance flight.
PAF spokesperson Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano said the lone fatality was Capt. Aurelius Olano, pilot-in-command of the crashed McDonnel Douglas 520-MG “Defender” No. 410 attack helicopter. He was a resident of Candijay, Bohol.
Meanwhile, the two maintenance crew members were Airmen 1st Class (A1C) Rex Anapio and Bonn Arasola.
The identity of the co-pilot, a 27-year-old woman with a rank of 1st Lieutenant, was withheld by Mariano pending notification of her parents who have both medical condition.
SunStar Go extends financial help to victims of helicopter crash in Bohol
Senator Bong Go personally checks the condition of the Air Force personnel who survived the helicopter crash early Tuesday, April 27, 2021 in the waters off Getafe, Bohol. Contributed photo.
Undersecretary Anthony Gerard “Jonji” Gonzales of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas visited the injured victims who are currently admitted to the hospital. He turned over the financial assistance coming from Senator Bong Go and President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. Contributed photo.
+ April 28, 2021 THE Office of Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go extended financial assistance to the lone fatality and the injured passengers of a Philippine Air Force helicopter that crashed Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in the waters off Jandayan Island off Getafe, Bohol.