MERGED: Chopper crashes in Cebu; Another Huey falls in Lilo-an!

[Zirv]

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http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...ticle_id=63023

very bad...............

[lloydjon]

so sad....

[INFRACTION]

its time for the government to complete the modernization of the AFP... and dont use oldskool helicopters to prevent further accidents

[bongjo]

kakuyaw sad ug mahagsa nang naglupadlupad sa srp,ginoo ko!

[lloydjon]

black hawk down........

[nab_uang]

mao ni mahitamo nga cge nalang dawat ug junk o donation sa US... mga 2nd hand ug refurbished military vehicle nga panahon pa sa Vietnam War...

mukalit nalang ni og malfunction tungod sa pagkakara-an.... hehehe...

[quarter_back]

hala kakuyaw...duol naman unta na sa airbase, wala na dyud d ay sila kaabot tapos naa pa dyud nadamay na civilian kalooy sad

[Zirv]

in a blink of an eye...

being at the wrong place and at the wrong time...

watch out for those PAF choppers.... they could crash anytime so better get as far as possible when you see one....

[alexxandy]

so sad about this news.... lets pray for their souls.

[mannyamador]

Chopper crash in Philippine city
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6603437.stm

At least eight people died and three were injured when an air force helicopter crashed into a city in the central Philippines, police said.

The UH-1H "Huey" helicopter crashed into a busy street in the Pajo district of Lapu-Lapu on the island of Mactan.

The dead included seven passengers in two motorcycle taxis and a member of the helicopter's crew.

A radio reporter at the scene told how the helicopter's rotors "chopped up" a taxi and maimed those travelling in it.

Witnesses said the aircraft was tangled in power lines before going down in an area where taxis were stopping.

It also severed electric power lines, causing a black-out in the area, reports said.

Air force wing commander Colonel Butch Lacson said the aircraft had been returning from a training flight when the incident occurred.

The cause of the crash was still being investigated and all the air force's UH-1H helicopters have been grounded after the incident, Col Lacson said.

The Philippine air force has suffered a number of aircraft crashes in recent years.

Last December, an air force MG-520 helicopter gunship went down in the southern Philippines, injuring two people on board.

In April 2005 a military helicopter crash killed four government scientists and a senior governor from the Red Cross.