Co-pilot of ill-fated C-130 gave up dream to be a doctor to enter PMA

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DAVAO CITY—The co-pilot of the ill-fated Philippine Air Force C-130 aircraft that crashed in Patikul, Sulu on July 4 gave up his dream to be a doctor to enter the Philippine Military Academy (PMA).

First Lieutenant Karl Joseph Hintay, of PMA Class 2017, was a BS Biology student at the University of the Philippines-Mindanao in 2012 when half way through the second semester, he took both entrance exams of the PMA and the Philippine National Police Academy.

He passed both and chose to enter the PMA.

He was 17, then.

Last Sunday, July 4, he co-piloted the C-130 aircraft that left Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental to bring soldiers to Jolo, Su…

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