ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-3A RP-C941 Manila Airport (MNL)
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Status:
Date:Tuesday 25 February 1975
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas DC-3A
Operator:Philippine Air Lines
Registration: RP-C941
MSN: 4107
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 30
Aircraft damage: None
Location:Manila Airport (MNL) (   Philippines)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Pagadian Airport (PAG/RPMP), Philippines
Destination airport:Zamboanga Airport (ZAM/RPMZ), Philippines
Narrative:
Two men, armed with a homemade gun, two hand grenades and an Armalite rifle wrested from a soldier passenger, hijacked a DC-3. They ordered the pilot to fly to Cebu City, where they released 12 passengers, and then continued to Manila.
After three hours of negotiations they released the remaining 13 passengers and three crew members.
One of the hijackers claimed that he was convicted on false evidence and that the trial judge was biased. President Ferdinand Marcos intervened with an offer of "conditional pardon" and both hijackers surrendered.

Classification:
Hijack

Sources:
» British Pathé


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Distance from Pagadian Airport to Zamboanga Airport as the crow flies is 183 km (114 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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