India, Nov. 4 -- The Philippine military on Tuesday said that one of its helicopters deployed for relief operations in areas hit by Typhoon Kalmaegi crashed in northern Mindanao island. However, it did not reveal if there were any survivors.

The helicopter was one of the Philippine Air Force's (PAF) remaining few UH-1H Super Huey utility helicopters. The aircraft crashed while it was on its way to the coastal city of Butuan, "in support of relief operations" related to the powerful storm, news agency AFP reported, citing the Eastern Mindanao Command.

The regional command centre said that search and recovery operations were underway.

PAF spokesperson Col. Ma Christina Basco said the aircraft, which crashed in Loreto, Agusan del Sur, was...