A U.S. Marine and and three Pentagon contractors died after an aircraft went down in the Philippines Thursday, officials said.

A U.S. servicemember and three defense contractors were killed in a Thursday crash in the Philippines, officials said. A statement from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said an aircraft contracted by the

The aircraft was conducting a routine mission “providing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support at the request of our Philippine allies,” US Indo-Pacific Command said.