A U.S. military-contracted plane crashed in a rice field in Maguindanao del Sur province, Philippines, killing all four people on board. The incident occurred on Thursday, with the Philippine Civil Aviation Authority confirming the crash. The U.S. Embassy identified the plane as being contracted by the U.S. military, and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is expected to release a detailed statement. The crash site was secured by troops, and no injuries were reported besides the death of a water buffalo.
A U.S. military-contracted plane crash ed in a rice field in the southern Philippines on Thursday, resulting in the deaths of all four people on board, according to U.S. Embassy and Philippine officials. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines confirmed the incident, noting the crash of a light plane in Maguindanao del Sur province. While they withheld further details initially, the U.S.
Embassy spokesperson, Kanishka Gangopadhyay, revealed to The Associated Press that the plane involved was contracted by the U.S. military. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command is expected to release a comprehensive statement regarding the crash. According to Ameer Jehad Tim Ambolodto, a safety officer for Maguindanao del Sur, the bodies of four individuals who appeared to be foreign nationals were recovered from the wreckage in Ampatuan town. Windy Beaty, a provincial disaster-mitigation officer, shared with the AP that she received reports of residents witnessing smoke emanating from the plane and hearing an explosion before it plunged to the ground, less than a kilometer from a group of farmhouses. Beaty stated that no injuries were reported at or near the crash site, which was secured by troops. Local officials also confirmed the tragic death of a water buffalo on the ground due to the impact of the crash.The region has long been a site of U.S. military presence, with forces deployed to a Philippine military camp to provide advisory and training support to Filipino troops combating Muslim militants. This area is the ancestral homeland of the country's Muslim minority population in a nation largely dominated by Roman Catholicism.
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