Military identifies three more bodies in Sulu C-130 crash

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The military has now identified at least 37 of the 49 soldiers killed in the C-130 plane crash in Sulu

In a statement, the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Sunday said that three more bodies of crash victims were identified last Aug. 7 by the Scene of the Crime Operatives Crime Laboratory in Region 9. They were:The AFP added that 13 other bodies are still being identified.

“The AFP through Western Mindanao Command has already reached out to the families of the deceased and is now arranging for the immediate transport of the cadavers to their hometowns,” said AFP. Aside from military personnel, three civilians were also killed in the incident that happened last July 4. The black box, which contains an aircraft’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, has been sent to the United States for data analysis that could shed light on the incident.

 

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