Overview
- Search teams found the wreckage near Loreto in Agusan del Sur on Mindanao and recovered six bodies believed to be the pilot and crew.
- The Super Huey was flying as part of a four-aircraft Rapid Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis mission from Davao City to Butuan.
- Communication with the helicopter was lost in flight, prompting a search-and-rescue effort that transitioned to recovery once the site was located.
- The Philippine Air Force ordered all Huey helicopters grounded and said a formal probe is underway to determine the cause.
- Typhoon Kalmaegi’s toll continued to rise to 40 in the central Philippines, with 21 deaths reported in Cebu after 183 millimetres of rain and the storm tracking near Guimaras before moving toward the South China Sea.