6 Pinoys killed in plane crash in Afghanistan
By Michaela P. del Callar 10/14/2010Six Filipinos were among eight persons killed last Tuesday when a civilian cargo plane crashed outside of capital Kabul, Afghanistan, reports said.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said it has yet to confirm the report.
DFA spokesman Eduardo Malaya said the Home Office in Manila has already instructed its embassy in Pakistan, which has jurisdiction over Afghanistan, to verify if Filipinos were among the fatalities. Also killed was a Kenyan and an Indian national.
The US-based company operating the aircraft, National Air Cargo said that the plane was en route from the US Bagram Air Base to Kabul when it hit a mountain 20 to 30 kilometers east of the capital.
In July 2009, a civilian helicopter had problems taking off at the Khandahar airfield in Afghanistan and crashed, killing all its passengers, including 10 Filipino workers..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20101014nat1.html
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