Monday, August 29, 2016

(Update) Bodies of two helicopter crash victims airlifted at Villamor Airbase

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 30): (Update) Bodies of two helicopter crash victims airlifted at Villamor Airbase

Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said the bodies of the two helicopter crash victims Capt. Miguel C. Logronio and his Aircraft Mechanic Eng. Jay Gregorio were airlifted at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday by the 505th rescue group in a Sokol helicopter at Villamor Airbase Grandstand.

The exact crash site according to rescuers on the ground from the 48th infantry battalion of Philippine Army is at Sitio Macua, Brgy. Kabayunan, Dona Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan near the boundary of Quezon province.

The helicopter an AS350B2 type is operated by Macroasia Air Taxi Services with registry number RP-C2688 is on rescue mission extracting trapped miners inside the Sumag diversion tunnel project by MWSS when the accident happened.

http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=918360

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