(UPDATE) A FILIPINO police colonel was among the fatalities in the midair collision between an American Airlines jetliner and a United States Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., the Philippine National Police (PNP) confirmed on Friday.

The PNP identified the officer as Col. Pergentino N. Malabed, chief of the PNP Supply Management Division.

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