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Watch: Two Philippine air force trainer aircraft collide mid-air; 4 pilots killed

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Four Philippine Air Force pilots died when two SF-260 trainer aircraft collided mid-air at Fernando Air Base in Batangas province on Friday. Both planes crashed within the base grounds with no other casualties reported. The military has temporarily grounded all SF-260s for investigation, following similar fatal incidents in May 2023 and earlier this year, each involving two pilot fatalities.

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On Friday at Fernando Air Base in Batangas province south of Manila, two SF-260 aircraft operated by the Philippine Air Force collided mid-air during a training flight and crashed, killing all four pilots onboard. Both planes went down within the base grounds without causing injuries on the ground. This incident follows another fatal crash involving the same type of plane in May when an SF-260 crashed in northern Philippines, killing two pilots. The Philippine Air Force has temporarily grounded its fleet of SF-260s pending a full investigation into the cause of these accidents.

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Topics

Batangas province Manila Philippine SF-260 the Philippine Air Force

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Narrative

The accident occurred on Friday at Fernando Air Base in Batangas province and involved two SF-260 aircraft, the Philippine Air Force said in a statement. Both aircraft crashed within the grounds of the air base.

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Watch: Two Philippine air force trainer aircraft collide mid-air; 4 pilots killed · assertive framing

Claims (7 extracted, 1 hedged)

Four pilots were killed after two Philippine air force trainer aircraft crashed during a training flight at an air base south of the capital Manila, the military said on Saturday. asserted

military → kill → Saturday

A video of the incident showed that the planes collided mid-air. asserted

planes → show → incident

aircraft → occur → base

No other casualties were reported, news agency Reuters reported. asserted

Reuters → report → ?

The air force has temporarily grounded its fleet of SF-260 trainer aircraft pending an investigation into the cause of the crash. asserted

force → ground → crash

The incident follows another fatal crash involving the same aircraft type in May, when two pilots were killed after an SF-260 went down in a mountainous area in the northern Philippines. uncertain

SF-260 → follow → Philippines

In 2023, another SF-260 TP Marchetti crashed during a training flight, killing two pilots. asserted

Marchetti → crash → pilots