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| Thank you for your bravery. Capt. Aurelios Olano and wife Lowella with
Bohol 3rd district Rep. Alexie Besas-Tutor and Candijay Mayor
Christopher Tutor. Photos: Rep. Alexie Tutor Facebook |
Capt. Aurelios Olaso Olano of the Philippine Air Force was killed while three others were hurt when their helicopter crashed last Tuesday morning in the waters off Jandayan Island in Getafe town.
Olano,
32, was still strapped in his seat when fishermen found him shortly
after the MD 520 helicopter of the PAF crashed in the seawaters off
Jandayan around 9:45 a. m. during a routine aerial demonstration
training flight.
Fishermen also rescued Olano's three companions who managed to jump out of the helicopter before it hit the water.
Based
on the accounts of the fishermen who saw the incident, the helicopter
nosedived into the sea and then submerged. The three soldiers survived
the incident.
Olano's family and friends paid tribute to the pilot shortly after news of his death came out.
"Anon's
humble attitude and ideals have inspired a stronger approach to my
work. He is the kindest yet principled person I have ever known,"
according to his cousin, Jeryl Lacang-Fuentes, Candijay disaster and
risk reduction management officer.
Olano, the
eldest in a brood of three, hailed from Barangay Tugas in Candijay town
where his parents - Sancho and Marina Olano, a village chair- lived.
He just recently got married to Lowella, a nurse.
Bohol 3rd district Representative Alexie Besas-Tutor said "Olano's bravery and
service to his countrymen is boundless."
"Candijay’’s
Angel Above the Skies... Gone too soon but forever remembered in all
the hearts of all Candijaynon. We grieved as one as another fallen hero
takes his place in the comforting arms of our Almighty," Tutor said in
her Facebook.
Olano was the PAF helicopter pilot during the Marawi seige in May 2017.
He decided to transfer to Cebu to be close to his family in Bohol.
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