US EditionUS: At least 4 killed after US military-contracted plane crashes in Southern Philippines
- One U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed when a U.S. military-contracted plane crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines on Thursday, according to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
- The aircraft was on a routine intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission at the request of Philippine authorities when it went down, as stated by the command.
- The cause of the crash is under investigation, and no residents were injured, though a water buffalo was killed, as reported by local officials.
- All four bodies were recovered from the wreckage in Ampatuan, and authorities are withholding the victims' identities until their families are notified, said Ameer Jehad Tim Ambolodto.
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"The cadavers have been lifted and sent to Manila and then as of this hour, the retrieval of the plane crash debris is ongoing in the area where it crashed."
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