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First responders work at the site after a Philippines Air Force Lockheed C-130 plane carrying troops crashed in Patikul, Sulu province, Philippines, yesterday. At least 45 people were killed and dozens injured when the military aircraft crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country's south, officials said. Nearly 100 people, most of them recent army graduates, were on the military transport plane which was trying to land on Jolo island in Sulu province around midday. A search was still under way for at least 5 missing people.