Multiple factors that include environment condition and pilot actions were seen as the reasons behind the crash of the ill-fated C-130 cargo plane in Sulu in July that left more than 50 people, mostly soldiers dead. The same findings were established on the S-70i Black Hawk helicopter in Tarlac...
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday, Sept. 1 disclosed that a “confluence of many events” triggered the crashes of the C-130 cargo plane and S-70i Black Hawk helicopter that killed a total of 59 people. C-130 crash Lorenzana said the official report of the Philippine Air Force probe...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) finally identified Friday, Aug. 20, all 50 soldiers who perished in the tragic C-130 military plane crash in Patikul, Sulu more than six weeks since the tragedy struck. BURNING AIRCRAFT. A Philippine Airforce C-130H aircraft carrier crashes in Patikul, Sulu...
Gone but not forgotten. Vice President Leni Robredo was not able to come home in her hometown of Naga City to commemorate the 9th death anniversary of her late husband Jesse Robredo, the city’s longtime mayor. Vice President Leni Robredo visits the tomb of her late husband Jesse Robredo in Naga...
The identities of three more Philippine Army (PA) personnel who perished in a devastating military plane crash in Patikul, Sulu last month have been confirmed by the authorities, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disclosed Tuesday, August 10. Corporal Jemmar Mondido (Photo courtesy of...
Three more cadavers were identified as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), in partnership with the Philippine National Police (PNP), continues the painstaking efforts of identifying those who died in the tragic military cargo plane crash in Patikul, Sulu last month. Colonel Ramon Zagala,...
The identities of four more military personnel who died in the tragic C-130 plane crash in Patikul, Sulu earlier this month have already been confirmed, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced Friday, July 30. Captain Jonathan Zata, AFP public affairs chief, identified the fatalities as...
DAVAO CITY – A few days before 1st Lt. Sheena Alexandrea Tato took the ill-fated Sulu-bound C-130 flight, she asked her boyfriend in a telephone call to visit her family in this city even when she is not around. Tato's boyfriend said he never regarded this telephone conversation would be the last...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) joined Muslim Filipinos in celebrating Eidl'l Adha or the "Feast of Sacrifice" on Tuesday, July 20. The Western Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines expressed its gratitude to the villagers who responded to the survivors of the plane...
THE family of 1st Lt. Sheena Alexandrea Tato bids an emotional farewell as she was laid to rest in Davao City Saturday. Tato was one of the 50 soldiers who perished in the C-130 plane crash in Sulu last July 4. (Keith Bacongco) DAVAO CITY – 1st Lt. Sheena Alexandrea Tato, the 30-year-old female...
A soldier who had been critically wounded when a C-130 cargo plane of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed in Patikul, Sulu nearly two weeks ago succumbed to his injuries on Friday, July 16, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed. A photo of the wreckage of the crashed Philippine Air...
For generously extending its assistance to the families of the victims of the Sulu C-130 crash, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Sulu Chapter was awarded a Plaque of Appreciation by the Joint Task Force Sulu, Western Mindanao Command. (Photo from PH Red Cross) The award was given on July 15 at the...
