Philippine Air Force Helicopter Crash Kills All Seven Aboard

A Philippine air force helicopter carrying supplies for counterinsurgency forces has crashed due to engine trouble, killing all seven people on board, military officials said.

The UH-1H helicopter tried to make an emergency landing after encountering engine problems but crashed in a mountainous area in Impasugong town in Bukidnon province, regional army spokesperson Major Rodulfo Cordero Jr said.

He added that troops secured the crash site and retrieved the bodies of four air force crewmen (including two pilots), two militiamen and an army soldier.

Government forces have been undertaking on and off offensives against communist guerrillas in the region and elsewhere in the country after peace talks between President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration and the Maoist insurgents collapsed.