Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 FEB 1975 |
| Time: | 23:10 |
| Type: | Hawker Siddeley HS-748-226 Srs. 2 |
| Operator: | Philippine Air Lines |
| Registration: | RP-C1028 |
| C/n / msn: | 1590 |
| First flight: | 1966 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 29 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 33 / Occupants: 33 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 4,8 km (3 mls) SSW of Manila International Airport (MNL) (Philippines)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Manila International Airport (MNL/RPLL), Philippines |
| Iligan-Maria Cristina Airport (IGN/RPWX), Philippines |
Two minutes after taking off from Manila runway 30 a no. 2 engine fire was reported. The flight was cleared for a runway 06 approach, but crashed in a rice field.
Sources:
» Beaver County Times - Feb 3, 1975
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OE-LHT was exported to the Philippines in September 1970.
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Manila International Airport to Iligan-Maria Cristina Airport as the crow flies is 786 km (491 miles).
Distance from Manila International Airport to Iligan-Maria Cristina Airport as the crow flies is 786 km (491 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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