Philippine Air Force C-130 plane crashes in Sulu

At least 45 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the south of the country, officials said. Ninety-two people, most of them recent army graduates, were onboard the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft when the accident happened as the plane tried to land on Jolo island in Sulu province at about midday on Sunday. Video taken by soldier at patikul,sulu and posted on Facebook showed the wrecked body of the plane engulfed in flames. A plume of thick black smoke rose above houses near the crash site.