Air Force chopper burns in Ilocos Sur
09/11/2010
A military helicopter providing combat support to ground troops operating against communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels yesterday went on fire after taking an emergency landing in a rice field in Ilocos Sur province.
Col. Essel Soriano, Army 503rd Brigade commander, said the seven military personnel aboard the ill-fated Huey helicopter were safe after the emergency landing in Barangay Nagrebcan in Sta. Lucia town around 2 p.m.
“They are all safe, no casualty,” he added.
But Soriano said the helicopter was “totally burned” after its landing.
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100911hed6.html
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