US EditionAt Least 85 Dead in the Philippines as Typhoon Kalmaegi Heads for Vietnam
The Philippine Air Force helicopter crashed during a humanitarian mission amid Typhoon Tino, prompting ongoing search and rescue efforts near the Army's 60th Infantry Battalion headquarters.
- On Tuesday, a Philippine Air Force Super Huey crashed in Loreto, Agusan del Sur while on a humanitarian mission to assess Typhoon Tino damage and assist displaced residents.
- Typhoon Tino has lashed parts of the Visayas and Mindanao, producing sustained winds of 120 kph with gusts up to 165 kph.
- Communication with the Super Huey was lost around 11:56 a.m., prompting SAR; the helicopter carried two commissioned officers and three enlisted personnel on a mission from TOG 11 to TOG 10.
- Search-and-Rescue teams recovered six bodies believed to be the pilot and crew, troops from the Army's 60th Infantry Battalion secured the crash site, and the PAF said a thorough investigation is under way.
- This marks the second Air Force plane incident this year, the PAF said, following the March 4 FA-50 crash at Mount Kalatungan in Bukidnon that killed two pilots.
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Pilot, crew of PAF chopper on relief mission killed in crash
MANILA, Philippines — Search and rescue teams recovered six bodies believed to be those of the pilot and crew members of an Air Force helicopter which crashed earlier on Tuesday in Loreto town, Agusan del Sur. The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) said that the bodies were found shortly past 9 […]...Keep on reading: Pilot, crew of PAF chopper on relief mission killed in crash
Bodies of 6 Air Force personnel in chopper crash recovered
MANILA, Philippines — The bodies of six Philippine Air Force personnel who were on board a helicopter that was on a search and rescue mission during Typhoon 'Tino' have been recovered from the crash site in Agusan del Sur, authorities said late Tuesday.
Search and rescue teams recovered six bodies from a Philippine Air Force (PAF) helicopter that crashed in Agusan del Sur on Tuesday while it was supposed to help victims of typhoon "Tino."
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