Philippines' plane crash kills 47, injures 49; probe ordered


Rescue workers arriving at the scene of the wreckage of a Philippine Airforce C-130 transport plane after it crashed near the airport in Jolo town, Sulu province on the southern island of Mindanao on July 4. - AFP

MANILA (Reuters): All 96 passengers of the Philippine Air Force plane that crashed on Sunday (July 4) killing 47 people have been accounted for, military chief Cirilito Sobejana said on Monday.

Forty nine military personnel were injured in the crash, Sobejana told Reuters.

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