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CASUALTY. Police Colonel Pergentino Malabed Jr. is among the casualties in the deadly Washington plane crash.
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Police Colonel Pergentino Malabed Jr. is among the over 60 people dead after the collision between an American Airlines aircraft and a military helicopter
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine National Police (PNP) Friday, January 31, confirmed that a PNP colonel was among the casualties in the deadly plane crash in the United States.
“The Philippine National Police mourns the tragic loss of Police Colonel Pergentino N. Malabed, Chief of the Supply Management Division, who was among those on board the American Airlines flight that collided midair with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, and crashed into the Potomac River on Wednesday night,” the PNP said on Friday.
“We express our sincere sympathy and solidarity with the family of all those who died in this terrible tragedy,” the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.
Over 60 people were feared dead after the American Airlines passenger collided with the military helicopter on January 29, according to a Reuters report. Local American authorities said, as of January 30, 28 bodies had been recovered so far in the river, where the aircraft plunged into
American Airlines said 60 passengers aboard the plane, with four crew members. Meanwhile, the military helicopter had three soldiers as passengers.
The Pentagon, US defense department, is now probing the deadly incident.
PNP Public Information Office chief Police Colonel Randulf Tuaño said Malabed, along with two other PNP personnel, were overseas for the pre-delivery inspection of 2,675 vests that will be purchased by the PNP. The team arrived in India on January 22, and after their testing, they headed to US for another partner testing.
Tuaño went to Washington for a courtesy call on PNP’s Washington police attaché, Police Colonel Moises Villaceran.
Meanwhile, the PNP said they were assisting Malabed’s wife, Rio, for her travel to the US, where she will be assisted as well by the Philippine police attaché. The police colonel’s wife’s presence is needed to positively identify the body of the police officer.
The PNP said that the police colonel had been identified through a passport recovered from his body. – Rappler.com
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