Fifty people have died and dozens more were injured after a military plane crashed in the Philippines.
The Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft was carrying 96 people, mostly military troops, when it overshot a runway at Jolo airport in Sulu province, in the Philippines, on Sunday 11:30 local time.
The soldiers were among reinforcements sent to combat Islamist militants such as the Abu Sayyaf group.
According to the defense ministry, the dead are mainly military personnel but three civilians on the ground were also killed.
Initially, five people were listed as missing but all passengers onboard have now been accounted for.
A spokesperson from the Armed Forces of the Philippines has said that they are looking for the flight data recorder to find out why the military plane crashed.
Major Gen, Edgard Arevalo, has said that there was no sign of any attack on the plane.
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