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Thursday, February 09, 2006
PAF sgt. falls, dies in fall from chopper
A rescue instructor of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) died in a freak accident when the cord that held him snapped during an exercise last Tuesday afternoon.
Staff Sergeant Joseph Achas, 34, was demonstrating to five other Air Force servicemen how to rappel from a helicopter flying at an altitude of 60 feet at the Mactan Benito Ebuen Air Base.
Achas had been in rescue operations for 13 years, serving the 505th Rescue Squadron.
An investigation is being made on the accident that happened during a proficiency training.
“He was the first one to jump. We saw the cord snap,” said Mactan air base spokesman Lt. Eures Montejo, who was on the ground watching the demonstration together with other PAF personnel.
Achas was a resident of Barangay Pajo in Lapu-Lapu City.
PAF gave financial assistance to his relatives.
Montejo said the proficiency training builds confidence of their rescuers.
The morning before he reported for work, Achas had a short talk with his mother Epifania, who said she noticed that her son was not in the mood. (AIV)
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