Event

2021 Philippine Air Force C-130 crash

4 Jul 2021 · 6.05° N, 121.03° E

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When
4 Jul 2021
Kind
Event
Coordinates
6.05° N, 121.03° E

Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2021 Philippine Air Force C-130 crash.

Summary

A Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashes in Patikul, Sulu, killing 53 people. The incident is the deadliest aviation accident involving the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

2021 Philippine Air Force C-130 crash

Aircraft crash in Sulu, Philippines

On July 4, 2021, a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) crashed after an attempted landing at Jolo Airport in Sulu, Philippines. With 53 deaths, of which 50 people were on the aircraft and 3 on the ground, the incident is the deadliest aviation accident in Philippine military history, the fourth deadliest on Philippine soil, and the second deadliest to occur in 2021, behind Sriwijaya Air…

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