By akademiotoelektronik, 02/11/2022

Philippines: 52 people who died in the accident of a military plane

At least 52 people, including 49 soldiers and 3 civilians, were killed and dozens injured on Sunday in the accident of a Philippin military plane which crashed after missing the landing track in the south of the archipelago, according to the authorities.Twelve other passengers and crew members who were on board this C-130 transport aircraft, which crashed at midday on the island of Jolo in the province of Sulu, are still missing, Adeclared Major General William Gonzales in a press release.This is one of the most serious air accidents in the history of the Philippine army.

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The Hercules C-130 transported 96 people, most of the recently graduate young people going to lend a hand to the fight against Jolo Islamist insurrection, when he missed the landing track on this island, while the weather was good.A total of 51 people were injured, mostly soldiers.It is unknown if the pilots have survived.The three people killed on the ground worked in a career close to the place of the accident, a local official told AFP Tanda Hailid.

"We ran out," said Agga Ahaddi, a parent of the three victims who survived him in the crash.He was outside with his son when the aircraft crossed their house, then a neighbor's house.In photos of the crash place broadcast by the army, you can see the drift of the device and part of its fuselage destroyed in the middle of coconut palms."We have people on the ground to ensure the integrity of the indices that will be recovered, in particular the flight recorder," said the army spokesperson, General Edgard Arevalo.“In addition to the stories of the witnesses, we also seek to recover any recording, in particular radio conversations between the pilot and the control tower.»»»»

Jolo is the bastion of Abu Sayyaf, an organization considered as terrorist by Washington which has split into several factions, some of which have lent allegiance to the Islamic State group.The group is responsible for the worst attacks carried out in the archipelago and also specialized in the villainous kidnapping to obtain a ransom.Edgard Arevalo clarified that the army had secured the perimeter of the crash location to be sure that the rebels do not disturb research.This is an accident and not an attack, insisted the spokesperson for the armed forces, General Edgard Arevalo, on DZBB radio.

A "viable" device»»»

The Hercules C-130 are often used by the army in the Philippin archipelago to transport men, equipment and vehicles between the different islands.The device that crashed on Sunday was not new.It previously belonged to the American army and had been recovered at the start of the year by Manila.He was one of the four Hercules C-130 of the Philippine fleet.Two others are in repair.The fourth was nailed to the ground for inspection following the accident.

Le gouvernement tirera les conséquences de cet accident en «modernisant davantage»»»» les forces armées, a déclaré le porte-parole du président Rodrigo Duterte, Harry Roque. «Le pays entier est en deuil»»»», a-t-il ajouté. «Ce sont tous des pilotes chevronnés, ce qui fait que nous ne pouvons dire dans l'immédiat pourquoi cela s'est produit»»»», a déclaré le général Arevalo."Even if these military equipment is not new, they are viable.»»»»

Photos taken by the Philippine Pondohan TV channel and published on its Facebook page show the rubble of the plane which was destroyed by the flames.A thick plume of black smoke rises above the houses located not far from the place of the accident.The plane crashed near a career located in a sparsely populated region, Lieutenant Jerrica Angela Manongdo told AFP, adding that late Sunday afternoon, rescue operations were finished.

It is the worst air accident in the history of the Philippine army, according to historian Jose Antonio Custodio, after the crash of a Douglas C-47 which had killed 401 in 1971.

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