MANILA, Philippines – At least 13 people were killed when a light aircraft crashed into a school within a residential area near the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Parañaque City this afternoon.
The crash sparked a huge fire that razed at least 50 houses in Barangay Don Bosco. More than 20 people were injured.
Gwendolyn Pang, secretary-general of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), said that eight of the fatalities were children and the other five were passengers of the light aircraft that crashed in an elementary school in Barangay Don Bosco.