Eight
soldiers were killed and a boy went missing when a small military plane
crashed into a residential area in the southern Philippine city of
Cotabato on Thursday, a military official said.
Eight
soldiers were killed and a boy went missing when a small military plane
crashed into a residential area in the southern Philippine city of
Cotabato on Thursday, a military official said.All eight people aboard were killed as the Nomad aircraft burst into a ball of flames on impact, setting fire to two houses, said the regional military chief, Major-General Raymundo Ferrer.
All the victims were soldiers, including Major-General Mario Lacson, who commanded an army division, Ferrer told reporters.
A boy in one of the burnt houses remained missing after the plane crashed in the area at 11:25 am (0325 GMT), Ferrer said.
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