This is very sad, I don't know whome we can trust in the Government official. Whom we can rely the truth of imbestigation. A fatal military aircraft crash in the southern Philippines was likely due to human error or mechanical failure, the country's air force said Wednesday, ruling out sabotage. Only God knows everything that happen. Bless the heart of the victim's family.
The C-130 aircraft carrying nine people lost contact with air traffic controllers only 20 minutes after leaving the international airport on restive southern Mindanao island late Monday, the air force said.
Rescuers say the plane crashed into the sea. They have recovered a body and uniforms as well as the propeller from the 41-year-old Lockheed Martin aircraft.
Air Force chief Lieutenant General Pedrito Cadungog said investigators were looking at "material failure or pilot error" as the likely cause.
The aircraft had undergone "very strict security procedures" before taking off and a possibility of an attack or sabotage by Muslim separatist rebels was "very remote," he said.
Witnesses reporting hearing a loud explosion and seeing a ball of fire as the plane went down into the Gulf of Davao, he said.
Rescuers trawling the waters off Mindanao said there were no signs of life.
"Uniforms and combat boots, maps and records, and the cargo plane's propeller and debris, among others, have been found after the first rounds of search and rescue operations," the army said in a statement.
The C-130 was at about 5,000 feet (1,524 metres) when the pilots made their last call requesting clearance for a flight path, said Cadungog, who called the pilots seasoned airmen.
Cadungog on Tuesday went to Mactan Air Base in Cebu to meet with the families of those aboard.
Sonar equipment pinpointed the likely wreckage of the aircraft late Tuesday, lying in more than 600 feet of water some 2.5 nautical miles off the coast near Davao, said Captain Arnel Gonzales, head of the search and rescue team. God bless the family who left behind. I know it wasn't easy but it's time to move on.
The C-130 aircraft carrying nine people lost contact with air traffic controllers only 20 minutes after leaving the international airport on restive southern Mindanao island late Monday, the air force said.
Rescuers say the plane crashed into the sea. They have recovered a body and uniforms as well as the propeller from the 41-year-old Lockheed Martin aircraft.
Air Force chief Lieutenant General Pedrito Cadungog said investigators were looking at "material failure or pilot error" as the likely cause.
The aircraft had undergone "very strict security procedures" before taking off and a possibility of an attack or sabotage by Muslim separatist rebels was "very remote," he said.
Witnesses reporting hearing a loud explosion and seeing a ball of fire as the plane went down into the Gulf of Davao, he said.
Rescuers trawling the waters off Mindanao said there were no signs of life.
"Uniforms and combat boots, maps and records, and the cargo plane's propeller and debris, among others, have been found after the first rounds of search and rescue operations," the army said in a statement.
The C-130 was at about 5,000 feet (1,524 metres) when the pilots made their last call requesting clearance for a flight path, said Cadungog, who called the pilots seasoned airmen.
Cadungog on Tuesday went to Mactan Air Base in Cebu to meet with the families of those aboard.
Sonar equipment pinpointed the likely wreckage of the aircraft late Tuesday, lying in more than 600 feet of water some 2.5 nautical miles off the coast near Davao, said Captain Arnel Gonzales, head of the search and rescue team. God bless the family who left behind. I know it wasn't easy but it's time to move on.
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