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Two killed in Philippines air crash, another plane missing

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/01/25/20230125-bataan-paf-crash-ri-6-s.jpg"/><figcaption>Wreckage at a crash site, involving a military plane, in Pilar, Bataan on Wednesday morning. Two pilots onboard the SF260TP aircraft of the Philippine Air Froce were killed after it crashed around 10:40 a.m. while undergoing training, according to authorities. <em>Rod Izon, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — Two Philippine air force aviators were killed in a crash Wednesday, while rescuers were searching for another plane that went missing the previous day with 6 people on board, authorities said.</p><p>During a training, the military&#x27;s SF260 Marchetti plane plummeted onto a rice paddy in Pilar town near Manila, killing the pilot and another aviator, Bataan province&#x27;s Police Chief Colonel Romell Velasco told AFP. </p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s a total wreck. The wings were separated,&quot; Velasco said after visiting the crash site. </p><p>&quot;No one could survive this,&quot; he said, adding that the bodies have been recovered.</p><p>An investigation to determine the cause of the &quot;mishap&quot; is under way, air force spokesperson Colonel Consuelo Castillo told reporters.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2433960" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>In June 2021, the military temporarily <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/24/21/philippine-military-grounds-black-hawk-helicopters-after-crash-kills-6">grounded</a> its entire Black Hawk fleet after an S-70i helicopter crashed during a night-time training, killing all 6 on board.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/06/21/ph-air-force-s-70i-black-hawk-fleet-now-complete">PH Air Force&#x27;s 16 S-70i Black Hawk helicopter fleet now complete</a></li></ul><p>In a separate incident in the country&#x27;s mountainous north, a Cessna plane carrying a pilot and 5 passengers failed to arrive at a remote airstrip on Tuesday, the Philippines&#x27; civil aviation authority said.</p><p>The missing plane had taken off from Cauayan airport on a route that would have taken it across the Sierra Madre mountain range, said Eric Apolonio, spokesperson for the industry regulator.</p><p>Air traffic controllers initiated a &quot;communication search&quot; after the plane did not respond half an hour after it was supposed to land, he said in a statement. </p><p>The search and rescue operation was temporarily halted by poor weather on Wednesday, he added.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/25/23/cessna-plane-goes-missing-after-takeoff-from-cauayan">Cessna plane goes missing after takeoff from Cauayan</a></li></ul><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fJbEOXO7Kek?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Two Philippine air force aviators were killed in a crash, while rescuers were searching for another plane that went missing with 6 people on board. 