Published: 12:58, March 30, 2025
Report: 2 dead after small plane crashes in Philippines
By Xinhua

In this file photo dated Jan 25, 2023 from the Bureau of Fire Protection Region II, rescuers retrieve a body from a crashed plane in Pilar, Bataan, where two Philippine air force aviators were killed. (PHOTO / AFP)

MANILA - A two-seater plane crashed in Pangasinan province, north of Manila, on Sunday morning, killing its pilot and a student, local media said.

The training aircraft nosedived and crashed into an open field in Lingayen town, killing the two at the scene, local authorities were cited by multiple media as saying.

No other casualties have been reported.

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The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines has not issued a statement on the crash.