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'Kapit lang sir': In video, residents seen rushing to rescue soldiers in C-130 crash

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<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=1720439" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Some residents of Patikul town in Sulu dashed to and from the crash site of the C-130 plane to carry as many wounded soldiers as they could, as shown in a contributed video shared to ABS-CBN News.</p><p>&quot;Kapit lang sir, ha, babalik kami,&quot; said the resident filming the video.</p><p>The burning aircraft is smothered in black smoke, with some soldiers lying down bloodied in the full video.</p><p>The number of people killed in the military plane crash has climbed to 50 as authorities shifted to retrieval operations for the aircraft&#x27;s parts, said Major Gen. Edgard Arevalo, spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/05/21/sulu-c-130-plane-crash-death-toll">Death toll in C-130 plane crash in Sulu climbs to 50</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/05/21/c-130-plane-crash-sulu-black-box">PH military searches for crashed C-130&#x27;s flight data recorder</a></li></ul><p>The incident left 47 soldiers and 3 civilians dead while 49 troops and 5 civilians were wounded, Arevalo said.</p><p>The Philippine Air Force C-130 aircraft, carrying troops bound for counter-insurgency operations, overshot the runway at Jolo airport then crashed into the nearby town of Patikul, according to the spokesman.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><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=1720021" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Some residents of Patikul town in Sulu dashed to and from the crash site of the C-130 plane to carry as many wounded soldiers as they could, as shown in a contributed video shared to ABS-CBN News.<br /> </p>

Some residents of Patikul town in Sulu dashed to and from the crash site of the C-130 plane to carry as many wounded soldiers as they could, as shown in a contributed video shared to ABS-CBN News.