A small US military plane crashed on Thursday in the rice field in the south of the Philippines. Both Authorities and US Embassy confirmed the death of at least four people on boardinforms TASR, according to the AFP and AP reports.
The accident happened near Ampatuan in Mag According to local security forces, victims were citizens of a foreign state.
According to AP sources, the residents in the area first saw smoke and subsequently before collapsing to the ground heard an explosion. The incident became less than a kilometer from a cluster of peasant houses. No one on Earth was injured in the accident.
American troops have been present in the south of the Philippines for decades. Their mission is the training of the Philippine Army, which is struggling with Islamic militants in the region.
The cause of the accident is not yet known. According to the Philippine Army, the matter is now secret and the investigation is underway.
