A military aircraft carrying at least 85 people today fell in the south of the Philippines while trying to land down to Jolo Island, Sulu Province.

According to General Army Cirilito Sobejana, the authorities saved at least 40 people from inside the C-130 being burning, Reuters reported.

Aircraft caught fire in the crash scene on July 4.

The reaction force was present at the scene, we were praying to save more people, he said.

Many people on the plane are practitioners who have just graduated with a basic military training course and are being mobilized to Jolo Island to participate in terrorist task force in the Most Muslim region.

The Philippine troops are relatively dense in the southern region, where rebel groups, including both a team of kidnappers who require ransom Abu Sayyaf, operating.

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