{"id":101069,"date":"2017-05-05T22:46:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T02:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=101069"},"modified":"2017-05-05T22:46:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-06T02:46:13","slug":"many-factors-being-considered-in-uh-1d-chopper-crash-paf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/05\/many-factors-being-considered-in-uh-1d-chopper-crash-paf\/","title":{"rendered":"Many factors being considered in UH-1D chopper crash: PAF"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_101070\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101070\" style=\"width: 722px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16508511_558327951033257_3506615850281686687_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-101070\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16508511_558327951033257_3506615850281686687_n.jpg\" alt=\"Investigators are looking into mechanical failure, bird strike and other factors in the UH-1D helicopter crash in Tanay, Rizal last Thursday that killed three Air Force personnel and wounded another. (Photo: Hukbong Sandatahan Ng Pilipinas\/Facebook)\" width=\"722\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16508511_558327951033257_3506615850281686687_n.jpg 722w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/16508511_558327951033257_3506615850281686687_n-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Investigators are looking into mechanical failure, bird strike and other factors in the UH-1D helicopter crash in Tanay, Rizal last Thursday that killed three Air Force personnel and wounded another. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hukbongsandatahanph\/photos\/p.558327951033257\/558327951033257\/?type=1&amp;opaqueCursor=AbqRC2qo0ylXOzuM8jvY1PF-gKT4zqgscHj8zlG8qAE4Zy3x5sLkljjaX1f3-A6N2v2xlVhq_aXDBDdybQy_sI7j4XoTuSxFd7A2M8PncF21M5njcoD9ebpUHSYkA4KLT0WfhywJSP6ziBBAmnilfXdRZ5RQLc1yE3JXtfxPz69-iPuj2Cr8EZpwHU9jBry4c0_8-AnaHaIuazmhpkNNLMpcLLgZXqO5iCho4i8328V8sj_Xs86m-qUWE4DhofBZrOf3agn4o3weUid9fqSIB-rSJGyqVvdsQKxQzRttPLTVop2cqY7OZz-QM7d01DlBbGKugYzWPpJn945KMaxI6zB8iSr_7_WNhtaRq91jtZ8EVPl7WOJ2pGAm6_rNhl9CAThrBaGIPXLB_DM18XFJ1xsX&amp;theater\">Hukbong Sandatahan Ng Pilipinas\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014Investigators are looking into mechanical failure, bird strike and other factors in the UH-1D helicopter crash in Tanay, Rizal last Thursday that killed three Air Force personnel and wounded another.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I cannot give you any detail but (the crash) will pass through a very thorough investigation. We still have to consider lots of things, like the environment and what other features the crash site has &#8212; if it has obstacles, bird strike and (whether) mechanical factors are also involved,&#8221; Philippine Air Force (PAF) spokesperson Col. Antonio Francisco has said.<\/p>\n<p>Following the crash, the Air Force grounded the other five UH-1Ds in service for inspection, based on standard procedures.<\/p>\n<p>The UH-1D with tail number number 8469, piloted by Capt. Christian Paul Titan and co-piloted by 1st Lt. Ceazar Rimas, was executing landing procedures when it crash-landed and went up in flames, killing Titan; helicopter gunner, Airman 1st Class Joseph de Leon; and Air Force crew chief, Sgt. Byron Tolosa.<\/p>\n<p>Rimas survived the crash and is on stable but guarded condition at the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Medical Center (AFP-MC) in V. Luna, Quezon City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014Investigators are looking into mechanical failure, bird strike and other factors in the UH-1D helicopter crash in Tanay, Rizal last &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":101070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1145,16,95],"tags":[18733],"class_list":["post-101069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-uh-1d","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}