PHILIPPINES: TWO PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE PILOTS KILLED AFTER PLANE CRASHES NEAR COMPUTER COMPANY

Record ID: 378645

  • Title: PHILIPPINES: TWO PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE PILOTS KILLED AFTER PLANE CRASHES NEAR COMPUTER COMPANY
  • Date: 12th December 2002
  • Summary: (W3) BATANGAS, PHILIPPINES (DECEMBER 12, 2002) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF POLICE AMBULANCE COMING OUT OF INDUSTRIAL PARK'S GATE 0.08 2. SLV RESCUE WORKERS CARRYING BODY BAG FROM JEEP AND LOADING INTO RESCUE HELICOPTER 0.28 3. CLOSE OF BODYBAG WITH BURNT PILOT HELMET 0.36 4. VARIOUS, ANOTHER BODY UNLOADED FROM AMBULANCE/ BEIN
  • Embargoed: 27th December 2002 12:00
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  • Location: BATANGAS, PHILIPPINES
  • Country: Philippines
  • Reuters ID: LVA65I1RNF36VMF62S0WDVI4YDH3
  • Story Text: Two Philippine Air Force pilots have been killed when
    their small plane crashed into a computer factory just south
    of the capital Manila.



    Killed in the crash on Thursday (December 12) were the
    pilot of the ill-fated airforce trainer jet and his co-pilot
    whose bodies were later flown to a nearby airforce base.

    Nine workers were injured when the Italian-made SF-260
    Marchetti plane tore through the factory's roof and ploughed
    into two rooms at the quality control section.

    The factory is one of about 15 factories in an industrial
    park in Batangas, about 55 km (35 miles) south Manila, and is
    owned by the Japanese firm Ibiden Co.

    The aircraft, a trainer plane reconfigured for combat
    duty, had been in the air for about 45 minutes while on a
    proficiency flight when it crashed, an air force spokesman
    said.

    The cause of the crash is being investigated.


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