Philippine Air Force Sokol
helicopter crashed in the City of Marawi Mindanao, this happens Thursday
according to the initial report of the military.
The Sokol Helicopter carrying 11
people as part of the air convoy of the Philippine Defense Secretary Gazmin
together; Interior Secretary Roxas II and Energy Secretary Petilla, the said
officials luckily was on the separate helicopter.
Captain Franco Suelto the
spokesperson of Army’s 1st Infantry Division said to reporters that
2 were hurt, the gunner and a civilian on the crashed site name as Santiago
Savedra.
The Sokol chopper was carrying
officers of the military and other crew members, including Maj. Gen. Ricardo
Visaya, and Colonel Alexander Macario. The chopper supposed to fly in Cagayan de
Oro City Mindanao.
Recently one Sokol Helicopter was
in Camp Aguinaldo grounded due to “weak battery”
In total there are 8 Sokol
helicopter in the AFP a PZL-swidnik manufactured aircraft. The first 6 arrived
last 2012 and the remaining helicopters arrived last year. Philippine government
spent Php2.8 billion for the choppers.
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