This isn’t such a sad story—they are probably shaken, but the pilot and the passenger are alive.
“On Sunday afternoon, Nov 24, a helicopter on a humanitarian mission crashed into the Manila Bay four miles (or a little over six kilometers) from the shoreline of Hagonoy, Bulacan,” reports Frances Mangosing on Inquirer.net.
The pilot and a passenger of the aircraft were eventually rescued by US Marines, who are in the area because of their Typhoon Yolanda relief work. Local fishermen also helped the two survivors.
According to the report, Philippine Air Force spokesman Col. Miguel Ernesto Okol confirmed that “the chopper that crashed was a private one and not from the military.” It was loaded with relief goods for Typhoon Yolanda victims.
The report did not reveal the names of the chopper crash survivors. No additional details were provided about the helicopter and the origin of the goods it carried was not revealed either.
