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Philippine military plane crash kills at least 45 A Philippine Air Force transport plane crashed on Jolo Island while trying to land on Sunday, killing 50 people. The Department of National Defense says that shortly before noon the C-130 aircraft missed the runway at the island s airport and hit a hill several kilometers away. A total of 96 people were on board the plane, including the crew and troops. The defense department says 47 soldiers died in the plane and three civilians were killed on the ground. Photos taken by the military show the wrecked aircraft in a coconut palm forest. Part of the tail can be seen in the trees. ....
Reuters Reuters 5 July, 2021, 3:03 pm View of the site after a Philippines Air Force Lockheed C-130 plane carrying troops crashed on landing in Patikul, Sulu province, Philippines July 4, 2021. Armed Forces of the Philippines - Joint Task Force Sulu/Handout via REUTERS MANILA (Reuters) -A Philippines Air Force troop plane crashed and broke up in flames on a southern island on Sunday, killing at least 45 people after some jumped free, officials said, in the country’s worst military air disaster in nearly 30 years. Pictures from the scene showed flames and smoke pouring from wreckage strewn among coconut palms as men in combat uniform milled around, while a column of thick black smoke rose into the sky. ....
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