U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says that one U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed when a plane contracted by the U.S. military crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines.

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said Friday it is investigating the plane crash that killed one US service member and three defense contractors in Maguindanao del Sur. The US military-contracted aircraft crashed in Barangay Malatimon,

A light plane contracted by the US military crashed yesterday afternoon in Barangay Malatimon in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao del Sur, leaving four people dead. Barangay officials separately confirmed that two of the fatalities are Caucasians.

MANILA, Philippines — A small plane crashed in Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday, February 6, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) confirmed. Maguindanao-based news website Kutangbato News reported that the aircraft went down in Malatimon, Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur on Thursday afternoon.

FOUR individuals were killed when a private airplane crash landed on a farm in Ampatuan, Maguindanao del Sur Thursday afternoon, February 6, 2025.In a statement

Plane debris is seen at the crash site in Maguindanao del Sur province in southern Philippines on Feb 6 2025 A pri

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) announced that it has begun investigating the crash of a US military-contracted aircraft in

The plane was conducting intelligence and reconnaissance support “at the request of our Philippine allies,” according to the U.S. military.

A US-contracted surveillance plane crashed in the Philippines on Thursday morning, killing all four personnel on board, including one US military service member, according to US Indo-Pacific Command.