A 25-year-old female pilot perished after her helicopter crashed into a creek in Sitio Arimung-mong, Barangay San Miguel, Nueva Ecija around 5:00 PM yesterday, February 1, 2025.

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Captain Julia Flori Monzon Po, the pilot, had transported passengers to Baguio City in a general aviation R44 Robinson single-engine helicopter with tail number RP-C3424, owned by Lion Air.

After dropping off the passengers, she landed in Binalonan, Pangasinan to refuel around 12:40 PM.

According to an advisory from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), officials at Binalonan Airport reported issues with restarting the engine of RP-C3424 before its 4:30 PM departure for Metro Manila.

It has been established that Po was the pilot for senatorial candidate and TV personality Willie Revillame, although there is no information on whether it was Revillame's group she had transported to Baguio City.