MANILA (The Straits Times/ANN): A helicopter carrying the Philippines’ top police official and his aides crashed at a police camp south of Manila early on Thursday (March 5).
General Archie Gamboa, head of the 191,000-strong Philippine National Police , survived. He was conscious when taken to a hospital, PNP Highway Patrol Group chief Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson Doromal told CNN Philippines.
Lt-Col Doromal said the helicopter stirred a huge amount of dust as it was taking off, and then snagged an electric cable. One police official said the ground where the helicopter landed, mostly soft soil, was apparently not drenched enough before the helicopter took off.
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