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Fire guts helicopter; 8 PAF, Army men safe

September 11, 2010 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - Eight Philippine Air Force and Army personnel, including two pilots, escaped death when a PAF helicopter developed engine trouble and was engulfed by fire minutes after making an emergency landing at a rice field in a remote village in Sta. Lucia, Ilocos Sur yesterday afternoon.

Lt. Col. Ernesto Okol, PAF spokesman, said the Vietnam-vintage UH-1H helicopter was on a “troop insertion” mission along with another UH-1H when the incident occurred at around 1:45 p.m.

Pilots Capt. John Gador and Lt. Edbert Ngina, along with their six passengers, were able to get out of the burning helicopter, which the local police said was totally gutted. – With Rudy Santos

Fire guts helicopter; 8 PAF, Army men safe

ALONG

EDBERT NGINA

EIGHT PHILIPPINE AIR FORCE AND ARMY

ERNESTO OKOL

HELICOPTER

ILOCOS SUR

JOHN GADOR AND LT

PAF

PILOTS

PILOTS CAPT

WITH RUDY SANTOS

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