A US military-contracted plane crashed in a rice field in the southern Philippines today, killing all four people onboard. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines confirmed the crash of a light plane in Maguindanao del Sur province. US Embassy spokesperson Kanishka Gangopadhyay said, the plane that crashed in the southern province was contracted by the US military.Safety officer of the province said, the bodies of four people who appeared to be foreign nationals were retrieved from the wreckage in Ampatuan town.