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Philippines Air Force troop plane crash kills 45 Pictures from the scene showed flames and smoke pouring from wreckage strewn among coconut palms as men in combat uniform milled around Reuters | Manila | Published 05.07.21, 12:51 AM
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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Death toll climbs to 47 in Philippine military plane crash, 49 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)
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MANILA: All 96 passengers of the Philippine Air Force plane that crashed on Sunday (Jul 4) have all been accounted for, military chief Cirilito Sobejana said on Monday.
The death toll from the crash was 47, while 49 military personnel were injured, Sobejana told Reuters in a phone message.
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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)
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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.
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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.