[ CNA ] Philippine military grounds Black Hawk helicopters after crash kills six

By | June 24, 2021

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Philippine defence secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday (Jun 24) ordered the grounding of the military’s fleet of Black Hawk helicopters after a crash during training mission in an province north of the capital Manila killed six people.

The S-70i Black Hawk helicopter, one of 16 purchased in 2019 from Poland, crashed on Wednesday evening after taking off from a former US military base in Pampanga province, the air force said in a statement.

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