June 1, 2017
Breaking: 11 Soldiers killed while 7 soldiers wounded in Marawi City airstrike. The government fighter plane drops bomb to the location of own troops. It was an error of coordination according to officials.
"A group of our own military army men were hit by our own airstrike. We lost 1 killed and 7 wounded," Lorenzana said in a speech in an event in Mandaluyong.
AFP Spokesman BGen Restituto Padilla said, the pilot of the SF260 warrior aircraft that accidentally killed 11 soldiers in Marawi will be placed under administrative control and will not be allowed to fly a plane from now on.
After the accident, AFP Chief of Staff Gen Eduardo Año created a board of inquiry to investigate the case.
According to Padilla, it could be caused by human or equipment failure. | via Lala Babilon
Breaking: 11 Soldiers killed while 7 soldiers wounded in Marawi City airstrike. The government fighter plane drops bomb to the location of own troops. It was an error of coordination according to officials.
"A group of our own military army men were hit by our own airstrike. We lost 1 killed and 7 wounded," Lorenzana said in a speech in an event in Mandaluyong.
AFP Spokesman BGen Restituto Padilla said, the pilot of the SF260 warrior aircraft that accidentally killed 11 soldiers in Marawi will be placed under administrative control and will not be allowed to fly a plane from now on.
After the accident, AFP Chief of Staff Gen Eduardo Año created a board of inquiry to investigate the case.
According to Padilla, it could be caused by human or equipment failure. | via Lala Babilon