The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has started looking into the incident involving a helicopter crash landing in a banana field in Bukidnon on Thursday.
CAAP said that the aircraft is operated by the same group behind the air ambulance that went missing last March as PAMAS confirmation.
According to CAAP, PAMAS "did not file a flight plan for the operation."
It stated that Chief Reineer Baculinao of the Aircraft Accident Investigation and Inquiry Board is currently probing he accident.
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In a Facebook post, PAMAS claimed that the aircraft lost power, causing the pilot to make an emergency landing.
"Thankfully, neither the pilot nor passengers were seriously injured. One passenger was taken to the hospital for further evaluation, but his condition was not critical," PAMAS said.