The American military plane had an accident; 5 Americans were injured – Mehr News Agency RCO News Agency

According to Mehr news agency, quoted by “CNBC”, the Philippine authorities announced this Wednesday that an American military plane carrying 5 American troops hit a concrete barrier while trying to take off from the ground during an emergency exercise in the northern province of the Philippines, and all its passengers were injured.

According to this media, the American pilot and personnel were taken to the hospital for treatment after the incident in Laoac city in Pangasinan province in the Philippines.

Three Philippine officials told The Associated Press that the training flight, which involved the landing and takeoff of a US Air Force transport aircraft at an “alternative landing zone,” was planned and fully coordinated with Philippine civilian, police and military officials.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.