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Philippine Air Force grounds its C-130 transport fleet following fatal crash

by Gabriel Dominguez & Alessandra Giovanzanti

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has grounded its fleet of C-130 medium transport aircraft after a fatal crash on 4 July in the southern Philippine province of Sulu.

The decision to ground the fleet was announced the following day by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Major General Edgard Arevalo, who noted that this is a standard procedure following such incidents.

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