Air Force grounds training planes after crash in Tarlac 07/20/2010

Air Force grounds training planes after crash in Tarlac

07/20/2010 The Philippine Air Force (PAF) yesterday ordered the grounding of all AS-211 planes following the crash of one trainer craft in Tarlac province yesterday. Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Miguel Okol said PAF chief Lt. Gen. Oscar Rabena immediately formed and dispatched an investigation team to determine the cause of the accident. According to Okol, the incident took place while pilot Maj. Wilfredo Donato Santiago, Concepcion, around 11 a.m. He said the two pilots survived when they ejected just in time before their aircraft crashed in a sugarcane field in Capas town. Okol said the two pilots belong to the Air Force’s Air Division Wing’s 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron based in Clark Air Force Base. A subsequent search operations were launched that located the ill-fated aircraft at around 11:45 a.m.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100720hed6.html

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