Manila. Four Philippine Air Force pilots died when two SF-260 aircraft crashed during a training flight in Batangas province in the northern Philippines on Friday. The Air Force confirmed this on Saturday.
According to the Air Force, the plane crashed near an air base in Lipa city at 3:51 pm local time on Friday. The Air Force has temporarily suspended the flight of all its SF-260 aircraft to investigate the cause of the accident.
The SF-260 is a light aircraft, which has been used by the Philippine Air Force for pilot training. Previously, on May 20, two pilots died when an SF-260 plane crashed in the province of Benguet in the northern Philippines. – Xinhua