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Filipino Air Force Plane Crashes

A dozen people were seriously injured while another was missing after a Philippine Air Force plane plunged into the sea Tuesday off southern Philippines port Zamboanga, rescuers said.

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A dozen people were seriously injured while another was missing after a Philippine Air Force plane plunged into the sea Tuesday off southern Philippines port Zamboanga, rescuers said.

The Australian-designed Nomad propeller craft was returning to the Edwin Andrews Air Force base here from a medical evacuation mission in the Tawi-Tawi archipelago, an air force official said.

"Twelve people were rescued, most of them have serious injuries," an air force official said, adding that one more remained missing.

The Red Cross said among those rescued were the two pilots.

A witness, Hara Ruwar, said she saw a black smoke trailing from the tail of the plane and heard a small explosion before it plunged into the water.

Tuesday's crash was the second in five days involving a Philippine military plane.

On December 12, an Italian-made SF-260 trainer aircraft crashed into a factory building near Manila, killing two pilots and a factory worker on the ground and injuring 10 others.

All Aboard Crashed Plane Rescued

All 13 people on board a military service plane that ditched into the sea near southern Philippine city of Zamboanga have been rescued, the military said Tuesday.

Source: Agencies

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