Military plane crash kills 9 in the Philippines
January 28, 2010
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MANILA, Philippines — A decades-old military plane crashed Thursday into a residential area in the southern Philippines, killing a two-star air force general and eight other people. The twin-prop Nomad aircraft crashed into three houses and burst into flames shortly after taking off from Cotabato city, regional military commander Lt. Gen. Raymundo Ferrer said. A woman was killed in one of the houses hit and at least two people on the ground were injured, police said. Several houses became engulfed in flames after the plane exploded. Television footage showed one charred body among the flaming debris as people tried to help firefighters put out the blaze, some dousing the fire with garden…
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