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Death toll from Philippine military plane crash rises to 50, all 96 accounted for Xinhua | Updated: 2021-07-05 10:43 Bodies of the victims from the Philippines Air Force Lockheed C-130 plane crash are transported from Patikul, Sulu province, Philippines, July 4, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
MANILA The death toll from the military plane crash in the southern Philippines has risen to 50, the defense department said on Monday.
All 96 passengers and crew in the C-130H aircraft that crashed upon landing before noon Sunday on Jolo island in Sulu province have been accounted for, the Department of National Defense said.
The department said 47 soldiers perished in the crash while 49 others were injured, adding that three civilians on the ground were also killed and four others injured.
Death toll in Philippine military plane crash reaches 52
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Manila, July 6 : The death toll from a military plane crash in the Philippines has risen to 52 as two more critically injured soldiers died in the hospital, Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.
All 96 passengers and crew in the C-130H aircraft that crashed upon landing on Sunday on Jolo island in Sulu province have been accounted for, the Department of National Defence said on Monday, adding that 49 soldiers died and 47 others injured.
Lorenzana said three civilians on the ground were also killed and four others injured.
Death toll from Philippine military plane crash rises to 50, all 96 accounted for Xinhua | Updated: 2021-07-05 10:43 Bodies of the victims from the Philippines Air Force Lockheed C-130 plane crash are transported from Patikul, Sulu province, Philippines, July 4, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
MANILA The death toll from the military plane crash in the southern Philippines has risen to 50, the defense department said on Monday.
All 96 passengers and crew in the C-130H aircraft that crashed upon landing before noon Sunday on Jolo island in Sulu province have been accounted for, the Department of National Defense said.
The department said 47 soldiers perished in the crash while 49 others were injured, adding that three civilians on the ground were also killed and four others injured.