RESCUE workers arrive on the scene as smoke billows from the wreckage of the plane. AFP
COTABATO: At least 45 people were killed and dozens injured on Sunday when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country’s south, officials said.
Nearly a hundred people, most of them recent army graduates, were on the C-130 Hercules transport plane which was trying to land on Jolo island in Sulu province around midday.
Some of the soldiers were seen jumping out of the plane before it hit the ground and exploded into flames, said Major General William Gonzales, commander of the Joint Task Force-Sulu.
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At least 45 dead after Philippine military plane misses runway and crashes
Rescue workers arriving at the crash site as smoke billows from the wreckage of a Philippine Air Force C-130 transport plane after it crashed near the airport on Jolo island in Sulu province yesterday. PHOTO: AFP
Jul 05, 2021 06:00 am
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COTABATO, PHILIPPINES: At least 45 people died and many others were injured yesterday when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country s south.
Nearly 100 people, most of them recent army graduates, were on the C-130 Hercules transport plane that was trying to land on Jolo island in Sulu province around midday.
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At least 45 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country s south, officials said.
Nearly a hundred people, most of them recent army graduates, were on the C-130 Hercules transport plane which was trying to land on Jolo island in Sulu province around midday.
Some of the soldiers were seen jumping out of the plane before it hit the ground and exploded into flames, said Major General William Gonzales, commander of the Joint Task Force-Sulu.
A C-130 aircraft of the Philippine Air Force crashed while landing at the Jolo airport.
45 killed in Philippine military plane crash
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At least 45 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country’s south, officials said.
Nearly a hundred people, most of them recent army graduates, were on the C-130 Hercules transport plane which was trying to land on Jolo island in Sulu province around midday.
Some of the soldiers were seen jumping out of the plane before it hit the ground and exploded into flames, said Major General William Gonzales, commander of the Joint Task Force-Sulu.
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