At least 45 people die in military plane crash in Philippines
At least 50 injured people pulled from burning wreckage of C-130 Hercules after it crashed when it missed runway
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Philippines: at least 45 people die in military plane crash – video
AgenceFrance-Presse
Sun 4 Jul 2021 05.34 EDT
First published on Sun 4 Jul 2021 02.37 EDT
At least 45 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the south of the country, officials said.
Three of those who died were on the ground.
Ninety-six people, most of them recent army graduates, were onboard the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft when the accident happened as it tried to land on Jolo island in Sulu province at about midday on Sunday. Some jumped from the fuselage as it crashed.
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