PAF to continue flying choppers despite crash

From the Philippine News Agency (Dec 10): PAF to continue flying choppers despite crash

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) will continue to use its helicopters to bring relief goods and humanitarian workers to super typhoon "Yolanda"-ravaged areas despite the crash of one of its choppers.

Eight persons were injured after a PAF UH-1H Huey helicopter crashed in La Paz, Leyte last Friday afternoon.

The chopper’s two pilots were injured along with two PAF crew members and four workers of the Department of Social and Welfare Development.

Gen. Romeo Poquiz, commander of the PAF Second Air Division based at the Mactan Air Base in Lapu-Lapu City, said the cause of the accident is still under investigation.

Poquiz assured PAF’s choppers are safe and their pilots well-trained.

He said the air forces of Japan, Italy and Australia are still in the country to assist relief operations and rehabilitation efforts in storm-ravaged areas.

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