Philippines Black Hawk Crashes, Fleet Grounded 

S-70i
Five S-70i were delivered to the Philippines this June.
Credit: Philippine Air Force
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) has confirmed that one of its newly purchased Sikorsky/PZL S-70i Black Hawk helicopters crashed on June 23. The incident, in the Tarlac region northwest of the capital Manila, occurred as the aircraft was undertaking a night proficiency flight. There were no survivors...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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