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2. Mount Manunggal - Wikipedia

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   Mount Manunggal is the third-highest peak in the island of Cebu after Osmena Peak and Lugsangan Peak. It is located in Barangay Magsaysay in Balamban, Cebu province, rising 982 m (3,222 ft) above sea level. [1] It is the site of the crash of the presidential plane Mt. Pinatubo that killed President Ramon Magsaysay and 24 others on March 17 ...

3. 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash - Wikipedia

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   The news had also spread throughout Manila and the rest of the Philippines, people weeping openly upon hearing of the missing flight. [5] In the mid-afternoon of March 17, a local town official in Cebu announced that the plane had crashed on the slopes of Mount Manunggal, in Balamban, Cebu, approximately 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Cebu City. [8]

4. List of accidents and incidents involving Philippine Air ...

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   March 17 - 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash - Mount Pinatubo, a Douglas C-47 carrying President Ramon Magsaysay, Education Secretary Gregorio Hernandez Jr., former Senator Tomas Cabili, Congressman Pedro Lopez and Philippine Air Force Commanding General Benito Ebuen to Manila from a visit to Cebu, crashed into Mount Manunggal in Balamban, Cebu killing 25 of the 26 people on board.

5. List of man-made disasters in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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   17 March 1957 – 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash. A C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft flying from Cebu to Manila crashed on the slopes of Mount Manunggal in Balamban, Cebu. The crash killed 25 of the aircraft's 26 occupants, including President Ramon Magsaysay. Several government officials, military officers, and journalists also died.

6. List of fatalities from aviation accidents - Wikipedia

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   Philippines 1957 President of the Philippines: Presidential plane crash, "Mt. Pinatubo" Mount Manunggal, Cebu, Philippines Jonathan Mann: United States 1998 AIDS researcher and WHO official Swissair Flight 111: Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia, Canada In-flight fire caused by faulty wiring of entertainment ...

7. 1957 in aviation - Wikipedia

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   March 17 – The Philippine Air Force Douglas C-47 Skytrain Mt. Pinatubo crashes on the slopes of Mount Manunggal on Cebu in the Philippines, killing 25 of the 26 people on board. Among the dead are President of the Philippines Ramon Magsaysay , other high-ranking Philippine government officials, and former Philippine Senator Tomas Cabili ; the ...