Four were confirmed dead as a Philippine Air Force chopper crashed and exploded at the ramp area of Tactical Operations Group 2 on Thursday night in Barangay San Fermin in this city.
Air Force Lt. Col. Augusto Padua, Tactical Operations Group 2 commander, said they have yet to inform the relatives before officially releasing the names of the fatalities.
The chopper with tail no. 8308 was on night vision test training with five occupants -- the pilot, co-pilot, two crew members, and a passenger -- when it crashed, minutes after take-off around 7 p.m.
Air Force personnel and rescuers found the bodies of the pilot and co-pilot inside the chopper on Thursday night while two other bodies were found pinned under the wreckage on Friday.
The crew member, who was brought to the Isabela United Doctors Medical Center in Cabaruan village, is in a critical condition due to multiple fractures and wounds.
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines investigators arrived on Friday for the official investigation on the crash.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1109977
Air Force Lt. Col. Augusto Padua, Tactical Operations Group 2 commander, said they have yet to inform the relatives before officially releasing the names of the fatalities.
The chopper with tail no. 8308 was on night vision test training with five occupants -- the pilot, co-pilot, two crew members, and a passenger -- when it crashed, minutes after take-off around 7 p.m.
Air Force personnel and rescuers found the bodies of the pilot and co-pilot inside the chopper on Thursday night while two other bodies were found pinned under the wreckage on Friday.
The crew member, who was brought to the Isabela United Doctors Medical Center in Cabaruan village, is in a critical condition due to multiple fractures and wounds.
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines investigators arrived on Friday for the official investigation on the crash.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1109977
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