2021-07-05 02:35:26 GMT2021-07-05 10:35:26(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Photo shows the crash site of a C-130 military plane of the Philippine Air Force in Sulu Province, the Philippines, July 4, 2021. (Joint Task Force Sulu/Handout via Xinhua)
MANILA, July 5 (Xinhua) 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.
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