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Michael Delizo

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:413px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1739772931467PNP.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Police Col. Pergentino Malabed Jr. Photo courtesy: PNP Directorate for Logistics </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The body of the Filipino police official who died in the mid-air collision of a passenger plane and a military helicopter over Washington D.C.&#x27;s Potomac river is set to arrive in the Philippines this week, an official said Monday.</p><p>Philippine National Police Public Information Office chief Col. Randulf Tuaño said the remains of Col. Pergentino Malabed Jr. would arrive in Manila at around 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, February 20.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/30/washington-midair-crash-what-we-know-so-far-0704">Washington midair crash: What we know so far</a></div><p>Malabed, chief of the PNP Supply Management Division under the Directorate for Logistics, will receive full honors upon his arrival. A viewing for his remains is set on February 27 at the PNP Multi-Purpose Center at Camp Crame.</p><p>The internment is scheduled on March 5.</p><p>Malabed was among the passengers of the American Airlines flight that collided with the Black Hawk helicopter near the Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River in late January.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/1/31/trump-blames-diversity-for-washington-plane-crash-0104">Trump blames diversity for Washington plane crash</a><br/><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/2/1/philadelphia-plane-crash-marks-a-second-us-aviation-disaster-1407">Philadelphia plane crash marks a second US aviation disaster</a></div><p>Malabed, 51, was on official travel at the time of the incident.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/31/pnp-police-colonel-among-casualties-in-washington-aircraft-collision-1257">PNP: Police colonel among casualties in Washington, D.C. aircraft collision</a></div><div><iframe width="1128" height="635" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tQyGY0jcaJQ" title="WATCH: Black Hawk helicopter wreckage hoisted out of Potomac River | ABS-CBN News" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>The body of the Filipino police official who died in the mid-air collision of a passenger plane and a military helicopter over Washington D.C.'s Potomac river is set to arrive in the Philippines this week, an official said Monday.</p>

The body of the Filipino police official who died in the mid-air collision of a passenger plane and a military helicopter over Washington D.C.'s Potomac river is set to arrive in the Philippines this week, an official said Monday.

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Remains of Filipino cop in Washington air crash to arrive in PH on Feb. 20

Michael Delizo,

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Published Feb 17, 2025 02:18 PM PHT

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Updated Feb 17, 2025 02:33 PM PHT

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