The Philippine Air Force on Monday commemorated the victims of the C-130 crash in Sulu on its first anniversary.

The PAF held a mass to remember the victims.

In a separate activity last June 27, the PAF held a wreath-laying ceremony in Villamor Air Base led by PAF Commanding General Lt.Gen. Connor Anthony Canlas Sr.

On July 4, 2021, a military transport plane carrying 96 passengers and crew crashed in Sulu. A total of 49 passengers survived the crash, while 47 soldiers and 3 civilians were killed, according to a report released by the Joint Task Force Sulu.

Those on board the aircraft were new privates of the Philippine Army who were supposed to be deployed in Sulu.

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The aircraft, with tail number 5125, took off from Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base to Lumbia Airport and subsequently ferried personnel to Jolo.

The website C-130.net said the plane that crashed had first flown in 1988. The model is a workhorse for armed forces around the world.

The Philippines' armed forces have a patchy air safety record. In June 2021, a Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a training mission, killing six people.

A Philippines Air Force C-130 crash in 1993 killed 30 people. A 2008 crash of the civilian variant of the Lockheed plane flown by the Philippines Air Force killed 11 people, the Aviation Safety Network says.

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