MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Air Force on Friday (June 25) said it was having a difficult time retrieving the wreckage of one of its helicopters that crashed in Tarlac province and killed three officers and three enlisted men.
“As of this writing the recovery and retrieval operation is still ongoing,” said PAF Lt. Col. Maynard Mariano.
“The topography of the site presented a big challenge for the recovery teams and security teams,” Mariano said.
One of the PAF’s new Sikorsky S-170 Black Hawk helicopters crashed near Sitio Binyanan at the village of O’ Donnel, in Capas, Tarlac while on a night proficiency training flight on Wednesday (June …
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