Philippine plane, involved in worst military disaster in 30 yrs, was given by US
At least 17 people were feared dead on Sunday when a Philippine C-130 military aircraft carrying troops crash-landed in the southern part of the country. It has now come to light that the aircraft, which is now part of the Philippines’ worst military air disaster in nearly 30 years, was actually granted by the US government for heavy airlifting purposes.
A government website announcement in January, reviewed by news agency Reuters, confirmed that the Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules transport plane was one of the two aircraft granted by the US government through the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The model, a workhorse for armed forces around the world, had first flown in 1988, according to the C-130.net website.
