Duterte wants PAF’s Huey helicopters decommissioned By TED CORDERO, GMA News
Published January 23, 2021 5:06pm President Rodrigo Duterte said he wanted to completely decommission all of all the Huey helicopters in the Philippine Air Force’s (PAF) inventory due to their frequent involvement in fatal crashes. “Marami pa ba ‘yang Huey na ‘yan? Naiwan? Hindi, palitan ko na sana. Wala ng. Maano na talaga ‘yan, luma na. Maski na sabihin mong - maintenance,” Duterte said in a speech during a camp visit in Camp Teodulfo Bautista in Jolo, Sulu, on Friday. “Bibili ako ng mga helicopters para sa mga. Sayang ang buhay. At saka puwede pa naman natin remedyohan sa Bisaya. Eh kung may remedyo diyan, if it can be remedied, we will,” Duterte said.
cars have been removed from the crash site that you can see behind me. also i think it s significant to point out that there is a lot less activity at that crash site, because it really is in the cleanup mode at this point. we understand that the engine car, and there is one mangled portion of a car that remains as they try to repair this track and get the electrical system back up and running. you also mentioned, i believe, they hope to speak to the engineer at some point today. his attorney has said his client has no memory of what occurred on that train at the crash at the moment of impact. that his client suffered a head injury himself but that he is willing to talk to investigators. they are going to be looking very closely to try and find out if they can figure out from him why the train sped up at the point that it did. according to the ntsb the information says 65 seconds before the crash the train was going at 70 miles per hour and then just 16 seconds before the
welcome back to the second hour of the rundown. we continue to follow breaking news out of nepal, where moments ago we found out likely no survivors of a crash of a u.s. marine chopper there. because of the wreckage it s unlikely there are any survivors at this time. our prayers are with the marines and the nepalese soldiers and their families. we all mourn this tragic loss of life. the american flag is flying at half staff this morning at the american embassy in kathmandu. the wreckage of that marine huey helicopter missing since tuesday was found in an altitude of over 1,100 feet of the himalayas, eight miles north of the town of charikot nepal. the air search for the chopper carrying six marines and two nepalese troops comes to an end and the recovery effort is now on hold. with more on this tragic crash,
for the first time jurors in the movie theater shooting trial are getting a close up look at key evidence at the crime scene at the theater. james holmes is facing the death penalty for the attack that left 12 dead, 70 others injured in july of 2012. on thursday an investigators showed jurors parts of the wall removed from the theater with bullet holes in them. one of the survivors showed jurors her injuries. holmes is pleading not guilty by reason of insanity. trial resumes on monday. more than two dozen remain hospitalized after tuesday night s amtrak derailment in philadelphia. the ntsb hopes to speak with the engineer as soon as today. they want to know why the train accelerated in the moments before the crash. eight people were killed, more than 200 injured. local hospitals had to spring into action. 26 patients were rushed to einstein medical center. msnbc national correspondent joy reid spoke to the chairman of the trauma unit there. how many people are we
mountain eight miles from where it took off as it was heading to an area severely affected by the first earthquake there. there were americans and nepalese troops on board that flight. three bodies have been recovered from there. officials are saying they doubt there were any survivors on that huey helicopter crash into the mountains of nepal. this is video of a similar helicopter being used in nepal to bring very badly needed supplies to people affected by these two earthquakes that have struck that country in just the last couple of weeks. this is just getting under way. this is the annex to the american embassy in kathmandu as you can see it is a somber moment. we ll keep a close watch on this and as soon as it does start i will bring you back to it. i think it s important we learn exactly the very latest from