Philippine Air Force C-130 Crashes in Landing Attempt

philippine air force C-130H wreckage
A Philippine Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules crashed while attempting to land at an airfield on Sulu Island.
Credit: Armed Forces Philippines Joint Task Force Sulu
SINGAPORE—At least 47 military personnel have been killed after a Philippine Air Force Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules crashed while attempting to land at an airfield on an island in the south of the country on July 4. Of the 96 people onboard the C-130H—including three pilots, five crew and 85...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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