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It had a crew of five, all officers of the Philippine Air Force led by the pilot, Major Florencio Pobre, 37. [6] The plane was named Mt. Pinatubo, after a long-inactive volcano then best known as the tallest mountain in Magsaysay's home province of Zambales.
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.
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. QSC GCGH KGE GCC (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953 until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957.
In 2008, according to Doris Magsaysay-Ho, 28,000 Filipino seamen remitted US$3 billion to the Philippines from Japan alone. [8] According to the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the total of financial remittances sent to the Philippines by overseas Filipino seamen was US$2.501 billion during the first nine months of 2009 (US$2. ...
Colonel Ernesto Ravina Air Base (CERAB) (IATA: RPLQ) or Crow Valley Gunnery Range, and formerly the Tarlac Military Testing Ground, was the main bombing range of the United States Armed Forces in the western Pacific, and by the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
Of the 42 passengers and five crew members on board, only one passenger and one flight attendant survived. [5] 21 April 1970 – Philippine Airlines Flight 215. A Hawker Siddeley HS-748-209 Srs. 2 flying from Cauayan Airport to Manila crashed near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija after an explosion in the lavatory, killing all 36 on board. [6]
On March 16, 1957, President Magsaysay, accompanied by several government officials and journalists, flew to Cebu for a speaking engagement. Later that evening, the presidential party took off for the return flight to Manila. Their plane crashed in Mount Manung-gal in Cebu at around 1:16 a.m, March 17, 1957.
Was primarily used for rural services in Mindanao (in-line with former president Magsaysay's policy) due to its STOL capabilities. Several were lost due to accidents. [55] [56] Convair CV-340: Unknown 1950s 1960s Unknown Douglas DC-3: 14 1946 1978 Unknown Douglas DC-4: 41 1946 Unknown Douglas DC-3: Douglas DC-6: 2