2 September
A light plane on a medical evacuation flight has crashed near the Philippine capital of Manila. All nine people on board have been confirmed dead.
The plane crashed into a resort compound in Laguna Province on Sunday afternoon.
Among those on board was a patient and medical staff.
Video footage taken by a witness shows white smoke spewing from the aircraft as it came down. It also shows black smoke billowing from the compound.
Local police say a nurse named Yamato Togawa was on board.
The Japanese Embassy in Manila is looking into whether the nurse was from Japan.
Police say the plane took off for Manila from the city of Dipolog in Zamboanga del Norte Province.
NHK
