The Philippine Air Force FA-50 fighter jet that went missing past midnight Tuesday, March 4, has been found in a crash site in Bukidnon.
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00:00The Philippine Air Force F-A-50 fighter jet that went missing past midnight Tuesday, March
00:064, has been found in a crash site in Bukidnon.
00:09The crash site was at Mount Kalatungan in the village of Mirayon, a far-flung barangay
00:13in Talacag Town.
00:15A military spokesperson says a search team confirmed both pilots died and their bodies
00:19were found near the wreckage using locator beacons.
00:23Investigation is ongoing and authorities have not yet disclosed the pilots' identities nor
00:27the cause of the crash.
00:29The F-A-50 disappeared Tuesday during a tactical flight.
00:32It went missing about the same time the Air Force carried out airstrikes against the New
00:35People's Army in Cabanglasan Town in Bukidnon.
00:38The Air Force has grounded its entire F-A-50 fleet pending the probe into the accident.
00:43The Philippines has 11 other F-A-50 aircraft in its inventory.