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US: At least 4 killed after US military-contracted plane crashes in Southern Philippines

One U.S. Service member and three defense contractors were killed when a U.S. Military-contracted plane crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines on Thursday, according to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
The aircraft was on a routine intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission at the request of Philippine authorities when it went down, as stated by the command.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, and no residents were injured, though a water buffalo was killed, as reported by local officials.
All four bodies were recovered from the wreckage in Ampatuan, and authorities are withholding the victims' identities until their families are notified, said Ameer Jehad Tim Ambolodto.

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