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2 Farm Fresh employees involved in helicopter crash in the Philippines

According to a report by Manilastandard, two individuals were killed and three others injured after a Bell 505 helicopter crashed in Barangay Quisao, Pililla, Rizal this morning.

Updated 6 months ago · Published on 03 Mar 2026 4:59PM

2 Farm Fresh employees involved in helicopter crash in the Philippines
The foreigner on board the helicopter was a Malaysian. - Picture from AFP, March 3, 2026

TWO Farm Fresh employees were involved in a Bell 505 helicopter crash in Barangay Quisao, Pililla, Rizal, Philippines, this morning.

Farm Fresh Group Chief Operating Officer, Azmi Zainal, when contacted by Kosmo! confirmed the matter.

"(There were) two (Farm Fresh) staff involved in the accident. I am at the airport heading there (the Philippines) at the moment," he said today.

Earlier, according to a report by Manilastandard, two individuals were killed and three others injured after a Bell 505 helicopter crashed in Barangay Quisao, Pililla, Rizal this morning.

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said the helicopter carrying five passengers, including two foreigners, crashed at around 7.20 am while en route from Manila to Quezon province.

Pililla Mayor John Masinsin said one victim was confirmed dead at the scene, while the other died while receiving treatment at the hospital. He confirmed that one of the deceased was a foreigner.

The AFP report also said that the foreigner on board the helicopter was a Malaysian.

According to the report, Rizal Provincial Police Officer Ramjae Pangga told AFP that two passengers, a Malaysian and a Filipino, died in the crash. – March 3, 2026

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