US EditionUS military plane hits road barrier during Philippine training, injuring 5 personnel
All five American personnel aboard were injured when the transport plane struck a concrete barrier during a contingency exercise to prepare for inaccessible runways, officials said.
- A United States military transport aircraft hit a concrete barrier while attempting to take off from a concrete bypass road in Laoac town, Pangasinan Province, injuring five American personnel on Tuesday.
- The training involved a U.S. Air Force transport aircraft landing on an 'alternate landing zone' and was planned with Philippine civilian, police and military authorities to prepare for contingencies during typhoons and earthquakes.
- The aircraft managed to land during the supervised activity but swerved on takeoff and struck a concrete barrier; two injured personnel were treated at the site and the U.S. Air Force transport plane was damaged.
- Three Philippine officials, speaking anonymously, said the cause is under investigation, and U.S. military officials did not immediately respond to Associated Press requests for details.
- Large-Scale joint drills in recent years have focused on territorial defence and freedom of navigation under the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement, amid South China Sea tensions and humanitarian deployments by U.S. forces.
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US military plane hits road barrier during PH training, injuring 5 personnel
MANILA, Philippines — A United States military plane hit a concrete barrier while attempting to take off from a road during contingency training in the Philippines, injuring all five American personnel aboard, Philippine officials said Wednesday.The pilot and two other American personnel were brought to a hospital for treatment after Tuesday afternoon’s incident in a concrete bypass road in Laoac town in the northern Pangasinan province. Two oth…
U.S. military plane hits road barrier during Philippine training, injuring 5 personnel
A United States military plane hit a concrete barrier while attempting to take off from a road during contingency training in the Philippines, injuring all five American personnel aboard, Philippine officials said Wednesday.
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