A military plane carrying at least 85 people crashed in the southern Philippines on Sunday, as it tried to land on Jolo island in Sulu province /voanews/A military plane carrying at least 85 people crashed in the southern Philippines on Sunday (July 4), the armed forces chief said. So far 15 people have been rescued from the burning wreckage of the C-130. /Image Credit: Twitter/Many of the passengers had recently graduated from basic military training and were being deployed as part of a joint task force fighting terrorism. /Image Credit: Twitter/File Photo: Philippine soldiers stand beside a refurbished C-130 plane. As per the reports, the majority of the passengers on the plane were recent graduates of basic military training. AFPFile Photo: They were being transported for deployment to the island as part of a joint task force fighting terrorism in the Muslim-majority region. The military has a heavy presence in the southern Philippines where militant groups, including the kidnap-for-ransom outfit Abu Sayyaf, operate.
