One U.S. military company representative and three defence companies were killed on Thursday in an airplane fall in the Philippines.
In a Thursday media transfer, U. S. Indo-Pacific Command announced,” On February 6, 2025, an aeroplane contracted by the U. S. Department of Defense crashed in the Philippine Province of Maguindanao del Sur”.
Indo-Pacific Command noted that the contracted aircraft was being used to deliver security, surveillance, and intelligence assistance as part of a “routine vision in support of U. S. Philippine security cooperation activities”.
” We can verify no victims of the crash”, U. S. Indo-Pacific Command stated. ” There were four personnel on board, including one U. S. defense company representative and three security companies”.
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command stated in its press release on Thursday that the names of the team members involved in the accident were being kept secret until the families of the fallen U.S. support associate and defense contractors were notified.
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” The cause of the accident is currently under investigation, and we have no further information to release at this time”, U. S. Indo-Pacific Command added. Further updates will be made as they become available.
A top U.S. security official confirmed to Fox News that the plane involved in the incident on Thursday in the Philippines was a Beechcraft King Air 350 from the U.S. Marine Corps. According to The Daily Wire, the United States military has been stationed in the Philippines for several years to assist the country’s martial in its fight against Islamic terrorists in the area.
According to The Associated Press, no one else besides the U.S. company representative and the three defence companies on the aircraft were reported dead or injured near the crash page, but officials claimed a water buffalo died as a result of the collision.
Residents of the Philippines reported hearing an explosion and seeing smoke from the airplane before the plane crashing to the ground less than a mile from some farmhouses, according to Windy Beaty, a statewide disaster-mitigation officer.
