ZAMBOANGA CITY: A Philippine Air Force helicopter, transporting soldiers wounded in a bomb explosion, crash-landed in Lanao del Sur’s Madalum town in southern Mindanao, killing one of its passengers and injuring one of the crew, officials said on Friday.

Maj. Gen. Generoso Ponio, commander of the First Infantry Division, said bad weather was to blame for Thursday afternoon’s incident, which killed one of the four wounded soldiers and injured the crew member.

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