Philippine Air Force plane crashes - two dead

The plane's wreckage was found in Pilar town in Bataan with the bodies of the two pilots. - PDI

MANILA (Xinhua): A military spokesperson said a Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane crash-landed in the Philippines while on a training flight on Wednesday (Jan 25).

PAF spokesperson Ma. Consuelo Castillo said in a statement that an SF260 aircraft with two pilots went down in Bataan province, west of Manila.

Castillo said the plane took off from a military base in Sangley Point in Cavite province around 9:59 a.m. local time.

"We lost track of the plane more than 30 minutes into their flight," she added.

The local radio DZBB said the plane's wreckage was found in Pilar town in Bataan with the bodies of the two pilots.