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7 Dead in Military Helicopter Crash in Southern Philippines
The helicopter had been on a supply run to troops in a remote, mountainous region where a hunt for communist rebels was taking place, the military said.
Philippine soldiers during a training exercise in 2019. Since November, at least two military helicopters have crashed in the Philippines.Credit.Rolex Dela Pena/EPA, via Shutterstock
Jan. 16, 2021
MANILA Seven Philippine soldiers, including an air force colonel, died when the helicopter they were flying in crashed in the southern Philippines during a hunt for communist rebels over the weekend.
The military said the helicopter, a refurbished UH-1H Vietnam-era craft commonly known as a Huey, was flying Saturday with another Huey on a supply run to a remote base in Pantaron, a mountainous region in Bukidnon Province, when it crashed.