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00:00A helicopter crashed in Gimban, Nueva Ecija and its pilot was injured.
00:05The police helped the resident to get the victim, especially the person who crashed the helicopter.
00:12Bon Aquino was the one who was hit.
00:17Some parts of this RPC-3424 helicopter were also seen
00:21that crashed in a dam in Puroc Arimongmong in San Miguel, Gimban, Nueva Ecija.
00:27According to the Gimba Police Station,
00:29Pasado La Cinco yesterday afternoon,
00:31the residents heard the sound of the helicopter and the explosion.
00:34We saw a light helicopter that crashed in a dam.
00:40When we conducted a rescue operation,
00:43we caught a body of a woman who was already dead.
00:46I heard the explosion.
00:49The police said,
00:50We were looking for her.
00:56When I saw her, I touched her.
00:59We left the seatbelt.
01:01When the seatbelt was fastened,
01:05she didn't leave.
01:07If she left, there was a possibility that she got out.
01:10How deep?
01:11Until Pastuhod.
01:13Pastuhod?
01:14And that was just a pudic?
01:17Yes.
01:18The water?
01:19According to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines,
01:22at 10.22 a.m. yesterday,
01:24the helicopter left for Baguio City,
01:26where it brought a passenger.
01:29At 11.51 a.m., it flew from Baguio to Binalonan, Pangasinan,
01:33and landed there at 12.05 p.m. to refuel.
01:37We were having a hard time starting the engine.
01:41The helicopter left Binalonan at 4.30 p.m.
01:47Unfortunately, it didn't make it to the home base
01:50and crashed here in Gimban, Nueva Ecija.
01:53According to CAAP, between 7.04 p.m. and 7.14 p.m.,
01:57the Philippine Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Center
02:01received an emergency locator-transmitter alert
02:04from the crashed helicopter.
02:06We can see the position of the aircraft.
02:09We can see it from behind.
02:11If there is a crash, whether land or sea,
02:14I will activate it and we will know where it landed.
02:19A 25-year-old female pilot was killed.
02:22According to CAAP,
02:23she was already dispatched to the Crash-Saitama Aircraft Accident Investigator.
02:27The investigation to find out where the helicopter landed
02:31may have lasted for 30 days.
02:34CAAP also added that it will inspect
02:37the aircraft models of the air operator, Lion Air Incorporated,
02:41the owner of the crashed helicopter.
02:43The pilot and the helicopter are being investigated
02:47to find out if the air operator is responsible.
02:50We are still trying to get hold of Lion Air Incorporated
02:53but no one is responding to our contact number.
02:56The victims' relatives refused to give a statement.
03:00For GMA Integrated News,
03:02Vaughn Aquino, for 24 Hours.
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