Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 10 DEC 1994 |
| Time: | ca. 11:45 |
| Type: |  Boeing 747-283B |
| Operator: | Philippine Air Lines |
| Registration: | EI-BWF |
| C/n / msn: | 21575/358 |
| First flight: | 1979-02-17 (15 years 10 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 273 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 293 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | near Minami Daito Island (Japan) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cebu Airport (CEB/RPVM), Philippines |
| Tokyo-Narita Airport (NRT/RJAA), Japan | |
| Flightnumber: | 434 |
On a flight from Manila to Tokyo via Cebu, a bomb exploded in the passenger cabin beneath seat 26K. A succesfull emergency landing at Okinawa was made at 12:45. The muslim group Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility.
Sources:
» Flight International 21.12.94-03.01.95(4)
» International Herald Tribune 13.12.1994
» Scramble 188
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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 Cebu Airport to Tokyo-Narita Airport as the crow flies is 3262 km (2039 miles).
Distance from Cebu Airport to Tokyo-Narita Airport as the crow flies is 3262 km (2039 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.
