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No proof yet China PLA members are in the Philippines — Gamboa @ 2020-03-10T04: Back Hot News
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「WHEN THE CHOPPER TOOK OFF IT KICKED UP DUST AND THERE WAS ZERO VISIBILITY,」 MR. DOROMAL SAID. 「THE CHOPPER HIT THE WIRES, AND THAT WAS THE REASON THE CHOPPER CRASHED.」
INVESTIGATORS RETRIEVE ITEMS FROM A POLICE HELICOPTER THAT CRASHED IN SAN PEDRO, LAGUNA PROVINCE, SOUTH OF MANILA, PHILIPPINES THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2020. THE HELICOPTER CARRYING THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF, THREE GENERALS AND FOUR PEOPLE CRASHED THURSDAY AFTER HITTING A POWER CABLE IN A SWIRL OF DUST AS IT TOOK OFF, INJURING THOSE ON BOARD, POLICE OFFICIALS SAID. (PHOTO BY AARON FAVILA / AP)
ALL DEBRIS OF THE PNP CHOPPER HAVE ALREADY BEEN CLEARED FROM THE CRASH SITE AND ARE SECURED AT THE AGENCY』S HANGAR WHERE IT WILL UNDERGO TESTS BY EXPERTS COMMISSIONED BY THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TASK GROUP (SITG) TASKED TO PROBE THE INCIDENT.
THE PRESENTATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LED BY PNP DEPUTY CHIEF FOR ADMINISTRATION LT. GEN. CAMILO CASCOLAN AND PNP DIRECTOR FOR INTELLIGENCE MAJ. GEN. MARIEL MAGAWAY. HOWEVER, MAGAWAY IS CURRENTLY IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER SUSTAINING INJURIES DURING THE CHOPPER CRASH.
BRYANT AND THE OTHERS WERE KILLED IN THE HELICOPTER CRASH NORTHWEST OF LOS ANGELES WERE TRAVELING TO A YOUTH BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AT BRYANT"S SPORTS FACILITY IN THOUSAND OAKS. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS UNDETERMINED.
CAAP SPOKESPERSON ERIC APOLONIO SAID WILL TRY TO RECOVER PARTS OF THE HELICOPTER, AND REASSEMBLE THESE AT THE PNP OR CAAP HANGAR TO DETERMINE WHY THE CHOPPER CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF FROM THE PNP HIGHWAY PATROL GROUP IMPOUNDING LOT IN SAN PEDRO, LAGUNA.
THAT REPORT SAYS THAT THE HELICOPTER』S DESCENT INCREASED TO OVER 4,000 FEET PER MINUTE AND HIT THE GROUND AT JUST OVER 184 MILES PER HOUR. THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD RELEASED AN UPDATED REPORT ON FRIDAY, FEB. 7 GIVING DETAILS OF THE WRECKAGE OF THE HELICOPTER CRASH WHERE KOBE BRYANT AND EIGHT OTHERS DIED ON JAN. 26. IN IT THEY RELEASED IMAGES, ONE OF THEM OF THE FLIGHT PATH SEEN HERE, FROM A GOOGLE EARTH MAP. (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD)
GAMBOA WAS ABOARD A BELL 429 HELICOPTER ALONG WITH SEVEN OTHERS WHEN IT CRASHED DURING TAKEOFF AFTER GETTING TANGLED IN NEARBY ELECTRICAL LINES. TWO OF GAMBOA’S CO-PASSENGERS, DIRECTOR FOR INTELLIGENCE MAJ. GEN. MARIEL MAGAWAY AND DIRECTOR FOR COMPTROLLERSHIP MAJ. GEN. JOSE MARIA RAMOS, SLIPPED INTO A COMA AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH, AND REMAIN IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE ASIAN HOSPITAL IN MUNTINLUPA CITY.
READ MORE: RESCUE HELICOPTER RESCUE TED ESGUERRA RESCUE EXPERT SURVIVAL EXPERT ARCHIE GAMBOA PNP PNP CHIEF HELICOPTER CRASH HELICOPTER CRASH PNP HELICOPTER CRASH 2020 CRASH SAN PEDRO LAGUNA
WHILE IT IS UNCLEAR WHY THE HELICOPTER CARRYING ZOBAYAN AND THE BRYANTS CRASHED INTO A HILLSIDE, INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THAT THE PILOT WAS STRUGGLING WITH POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS PRIOR TO CRASHING HIS HELICOPTER INTO THE HILLSIDE. THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT CAUSED ZOBAYAN TO GET INTO TROUBLE WITH THE FAA IN 2015.
"THESE ARE WHAT WE CALL SURVIVABLE EVENTS. THESE ARE JUST MINOR IMPACTS, ALMOST RELATED TO A CAR CRASH, LIKE A FENDER BENDER. SO THOSE ARE SURVIVABLE EVENTS. THERE SHOULD NOT BE A FIRE. HELICOPTERS CRASH AND THEY CRASH LITERALLY EVERY DAY. THEY NEED TO BE CRASHWORTHY, SO IF THERE IS A SURVIVABLE EVENT, IT』S A SURVIVABLE CRASH. IT COULD EVEN BE ON THE GROUND, 5 FEET OFF THE GROUND OR TO 10 FEET OFF THE GROUND. YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT TO DIE FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR EVEN HAVE SERIOUS INJURY," WOOD EXPLAINS.
A FILEPIC OF THE M1-17 ARMY HELICOPTER THAT WENT MISSING WITH 12 PEOPLE ON BOARD IN PAPUA LAST YEAR. SEARCH TEAMS IN INDONESIA ON FRIDAY (FEB 14) FOUND THE BODIES OF A DOZEN SOLDIERS KILLED WHEN THEIR HELICOPTER CRASHED EIGHT MONTHS AGO IN THE COUNTRY"S EASTERNMOST PROVINCE OF PAPUA WHERE SEPARATIST REBELS ARE ACTIVE, OFFICIALS SAID. - JAKARTA POST/ANN
THE COMMITTEE FORMED TO PROBE THE CRASH OF AN AIR DYNASTY HELICOPTER ON FEBRUARY 27 LAST YEAR SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND CIVIL AVIATION TODAY CITING THAT UNFAVOURABLE WEATHER CONDITION AND PILOT WERE TO BE BLAMED FOR THE ACCIDENT. ALL SEVEN ON BOARD, INCLUDING THEN TOURISM MINISTER RABINDRA ADHIKARI WERE KILLED IN THE FATAL CRASH THAT OCCURRED NEAR PATHIBHARA IN TAPLEJUNG DISTRICT.

 

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