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Deadly Philippine military plane crash

July 5, 2021

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Rescuers sit beside a body bag containing the remains of a civilian victim when a Philippine military C-130 plane crashed in Patikul town, Sulu province, southern Philippines on Sunday July 4, 2021. A Philippine air force C-130 aircraft carrying combat troops assigned to fight Muslim militants crashed and exploded while landing in the south Sunday, killing dozens of army soldiers on board and three civilians on the ground in one of the worst disasters in the air force's history. (AP Photo/Nickee Butlangan)
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A soldier secures the perimeter beside the tail of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules plane at its crash site in Patikul town, Sulu province, southern Philippines, Monday July 5, 2021. Philippine troops found the last five dead from the crash of a transport aircraft in the south, raising the death toll to 50 in the military's worst air disaster, officials said Monday. (AP Photo/Nickee Butlangan)
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In this photo released by the Joint Task Force - Sulu, parts of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules plane are seen at the crash site in Patikul town, Sulu province, southern Philippines, Sunday July 4, 2021. Philippine troops found the last five dead from the crash of the transport aircraft in the south, raising the death toll to 50 in the military's worst air disaster, officials said Monday. (Joint Task Force-Sulu via AP)
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In this photo released by the Joint Task Force - Sulu, personal belongings from victims are retrieved at the site where a Lockheed C-130 Hercules plane crashed in Patikul town, Sulu province, southern Philippines, Sunday July 4, 2021. Philippine troops found the last five dead from the crash of the transport aircraft in the south, raising the death toll to 50 in the military's worst air disaster, officials said Monday. (Joint Task Force-Sulu via AP)
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In this photo released by the Joint Task Force - Sulu, military soldiers search beside the remains of a Philippine military C-130 plane that crashed in Patikul town, Sulu province, southern Philippines, Sunday July 4, 2021. Philippine troops found the last five dead from the crash of the transport aircraft in the south, raising the death toll to 50 in the military's worst air disaster, officials said Monday. (Joint Task Force-Sulu via AP)
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In this photo released by the Joint Task Force - Sulu, military soldiers work near the remains of a Philippine military C-130 plane that crashed in Patikul town, Sulu province, southern Philippines on Sunday July 4, 2021. The Lockheed C-130 Hercules, which was carrying 96 mostly combat troops, overshot the runway while landing Sunday at the Jolo airport. (Joint Task Force-Sulu via AP)
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In this handout photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte salutes in front of coffins of soldiers who died during the C-130 plane crash in Sulu province as he visits their wake at Western Mindanao Command in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines on Monday July 5, 2021. Philippine troops found the last five dead from the crash of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft in southern Sulu province and two wounded survivors died Monday, raising the death toll to 52 in the military's worst air disaster, officials said. (King Rodriguez/ Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)
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In this handout photo provided by the Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte talks to a wounded soldier who survived during the C-130 plane crash in Sulu province at the Camp Navarro General Hospital, Western Mindanao Command in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines on Monday July 5, 2021. Philippine troops found the last five dead from the crash of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft in southern Sulu province and two wounded survivors died Monday, raising the death toll to 52 in the military's worst air disaster, officials said. (King Rodriguez/ Malacanang Presidential Photographers Division via AP)

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