Nomad Plane Crash

A Nomad aircraft hit the grounds of Kidapawan City, Philppines and charred lives to death yesterday (January 28, 2010).

One civilian and the rest of the people bound on the plane were killed. Two residents
of that place were wounded of the said incident.

One of those killed was identified as Major General Mario Lacson, chief of the 3rd Air Division based in Zamboanga City.

Together with Lacson on the plane were Major Presco Tacuboy, 1st Lieutenant Alexander Ian Lepaet, Staff Sergeants Reynaldo Mejia, Cristy Maria Rose Llanera, Jeffrey Gozum, and the two pilots, identified as Captain Genaro Ordoño and Lieutenant Angelica Valdez, a female pilot in her mid 20s.

The team have not yet identified the reason why it crashed but they just said that the plane is too old.

photo from: http://www.sunstar.com.ph