A Philippine police helicopter crashed as it was flying to pick up the country’s police chief on a resort island, killing a crew member and injuring the two pilots, officials said.
The Airbus H125 helicopter went missing after taking off from Manila and was found two hours later to have crashed in Quezon province, police officials said.
Police and firefighters reached the crash site and rescued the pilot and co-pilot, who were taken to a hospital with injuries, but the third crew member was pinned in the wreckage and died while rescuers were trying to revive him, they said.
The single-engine helicopter was flying to Balesin island, an upscale beach and tropical resort in Quezon, to pick up national police chief Gen. Dionardo Carlos and his companions. Carlos was scheduled to fly back to Manila on a commercial flight to attend a flag-raising ceremony, but the flight became unavailable and the police aviation unit offered to take him by helicopter, police spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said.
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