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A Philippine Air Force trainer aircraft crashed during training at a base in Batangas Province. An SF-260 crash also occurred in May this year.
(Central News Agency, Manila, Comprehensive Foreign News Report on the 24th) The Philippine military confirmed today that two Air Force trainer aircraft crashed yesterday while performing flight training at a base south of the capital Manila, resulting in the death of four pilots; local media pointed out that the two aircraft collided in the air.
Reuters reported that the Philippine Air Force said in a statement that the accident yesterday involved two SF-260 trainer aircraft that were conducting flight training at Fernando Air Base in Batangas Province.
Local media reported that the two trainer planes collided in the air.
The training plane crashed within the air base, but no other casualties were caused.
The Philippine Air Force has temporarily grounded its fleet of SF-260 trainer aircraft pending an investigation into the cause of the accident.
In May this year, an SF-260 crashed into a mountainous area in the northern Philippines, killing two pilots.
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The Philippine Air Force will complete the investigation into the cause of the accident and announce the results
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