BREAKING: Another Military Plane, C130 Crashes

Another Military Plane, C130 Crashes.

A military plane carrying at least 85 people crashed in the southern Philippines on Sunday, the armed forces chief has said.

Onyxnews Nigeria quotes AFP reporting that about 15 persons have been rescued from the burning wreckage of the C-130, which crashed as it tried to land on Jolo island in Sulu province, General Cirilito Sobejana said.

“Responders are at the site now, we are praying we can save more lives,” Sobejana said.

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Many of the passengers had recently graduated from basic military training and were being deployed to the restive island as part of a joint task force fighting terrorism in the Muslim-majority region.

The military has a heavy presence in the southern Philippines where militant groups, including the kidnap-for-ransom outfit Abu Sayyaf, operate.