A part of a trainer helicopter that crashed in Cavite City on April 11 (Photo from PRO4A/MANILA BULLETIN)
CAVITE – Two Philippine Navy personnel died when their trainer helicopter crashed in Cavite City on Thursday morning, April 11.
The Police Regional Office 4A (PRO 4A) said the incident happened at 6:30 a.m. in Draga reclamation area in Barangay 57.
According to AFP Radio DWDD, the official radio station of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the male pilot and the female co-pilot were rushed to the hospital but later succumbed to their injuries.
A part of a trainer helicopter that crashed in Cavite City on April 11 (Photo from PRO4A/MANILA BULLETIN)
Residents near the crash site beside the public market said they heard a loud noise.
“Narinig namin, may malakas na pagbagsak mga ilang meters lang ang layo sa amin. Tapos may natakbo, mga tambay sa palengke. May helicopter daw na bumagsak kaya agad kami nagpunta (We heard a loud crash just a few meters away from us. Then, someone ran towards us, the bystanders at the market said that a helicopter had crashed, so we immediately went to the site),” resident Rickson Jay De Guzman told the Manila Bulletin.
Reclamation area in Cavite City where a trainer helicopter crashed on April 11 (Photo from Rickson Jay De Guzman/MANILA BULLETIN)
Authorities are now gathering information regarding the flight plan of the Robinson R22 trainer helicopter.