ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336410
Date: | Saturday 7 May 1949 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Philippine Air Lines |
Registration: | PI-C98 |
MSN: | 33491/16743 |
Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | off Alabat Island [Lamon Bay] -
Philippines
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Daet-Camarines Norte Airport (DTE/RPUD) |
Destination airport: | Manila International Airport (MNL/RPLL) |
Narrative:Crashed into the sea.
A time bomb delivered to the aircraft by two ex-convicts who were hired for the job by a woman and a man who were attempting to kill the woman's husband, a passenger on the aircraft.
Sources:
The Baltimore Sun, May 13, 1949, page 2 Arizona Republic, May 11, 1949, page 23 Pasadena (Calif.) Independent, May 18, 1949, page 13 The Southeast Missourian - Sep 26, 1949 Location
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