China News Service, July 5, reported that on the 5th local time, the Philippine military spokesman Edgard Arevalo said that the search and rescue work in the area where the country's crashed military plane crashed has ended.
Earlier, Arevalo said that 50 people were killed in the plane crash, and 49 soldiers and 4 civilians were injured.
He pointed out that after the incident, the flight of the C-130 military aircraft was suspended.
At about 11:30 on July 4, local time, a C-130 transport plane of the Philippine military crashed near the town of Pattikul in Sulu Province.
The picture shows search and rescue personnel arriving at the crash site.
He added that the soldiers on the military plane are all fresh graduates who have just completed military training.
Arevalo also said: "The soldiers are responsible for the search and rescue operation. The operation has now ended and we are now conducting an information search operation."
Arevalo also said that he had learned of the plane crash.
He pointed out that the aircraft had flown for a total of 11,000 hours, and the pilots were "tested" and "satisfied the requirements for flying this aircraft."
He added, “According to the current information, the weather on the 4th was very good, and there was a village where the plane flew over the runway, which may cause civilian injuries on the ground.”
The Philippine Secretary of Defense said earlier that he had ordered an investigation into the accident.
According to reports, on the 5th, an investigation team arrived at the scene to find the flight data recorder of the plane and investigate the cause of the crash.
They will also investigate reports of soldiers jumping from planes.
According to previous reports, a military C-130 transport plane carrying 96 people crashed and caught fire in the southern Philippines on the 4th.
Reuters reported that the accident was the worst air crash for the Philippine military in the past 30 years.