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Philippine military plane crash death toll rises to 52
Another 51 injured, most of them soldiers
By AFP - Jul 06,2021 - Last updated at Jul 06,2021
In this handout photo taken on Sunday and received from the Philippine military Joint Task Force-Sulu (JTF-Sulu), rescue workers arrive as smoke billows from the wreckage of a Philippine Airforce C-130 transport plane after it crashed near the airport in Jolo town, Sulu province, near southern island of Mindanao (AFP photo)
PATIKUL, Philippines Philippine security forces searched among coconut trees on a remote southern island Monday for the flight data boxes of an aircraft that crashed and killed 52 people in one of the country s worst military air disasters.
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Death toll climbs to 50 in Philippine military plane crash, 53 others injured
The remains of a Philippine military C-130 plane that crashed in Patikul town, Jolo province, southern Philippines on Jul 4, 2021. (Photo: AFP/ Joint Task Force-Sulu)
05 Jul 2021 07:59AM (Updated:
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MANILA: All 96 passengers of the Philippine Air Force plane that crashed on Sunday (Jul 4) have been accounted for, military chief Cirilito Sobejana said on Monday.
The crash happened when the Hercules C-130 transport plane, which was carrying mostly recent army graduates, overshot the runway while trying to land in sunny weather on Jolo island in Sulu province.
Death toll in Philippine military plane crash rises to 50
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05/07/2021 - 06:10 The Hercules C-130 transport plane was carrying 96 people, most of them recent army graduates, when it overshot the runway Handout Joint Task Force-Sulu/AFP 3 min
Patikul (Philippines) (AFP)
Philippine security forces searched among coconut trees on a remote southern island Monday for the flight data boxes of an aircraft that crashed and killed 50 people in one of the country s worst military air disasters.
The Hercules C-130 transport plane was carrying 96 people, most of them recent army graduates, when it overshot the runway while trying to land in sunny weather on Jolo island in Sulu province a haven for Islamic militants on Sunday.