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It was scheduled to arrive at 11:10:00 Philippine Standard Time in Baguio, a city with an altitude of about 1,500 meters (4,900 ft). [2] As the plane approached Baguio City, its pilot reported poor visibility. A monsoon was also reported in the area. [3] Flight 206 disappeared from the radar screens around ten minutes before it was scheduled to ...
June 2, 1970 Fokker F-27: Near Roxas: A hand grenade exploded inside the passenger cabin at an altitude of 13,000 feet (4,000 m). A safe emergency landing was carried out at Roxas Airport with a 9 sq ft (0.84 m 2) hole in the fuselage. Fatalities: 1 N/A July 1, 1970 Fokker F27-200: Dumaguete Airport: The F-27 overran the runway.
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.
The 1990 Luzon earthquake occurred on July 16 at 4:26 p.m. or 3:26 p.m. on the densely populated island of Luzon in the Philippines.The shock had a surface-wave magnitude of 7.8 and produced a 125 km-long ground rupture that stretched from Dingalan, Aurora to Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya.
[1] [2] 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.
The second confirmed case in the region was a 61-year-old female Overseas Filipino Worker from Italy. The woman who returned to the Philippines on March 2 was admitted to the Baguio General Hospital, and is the first case to be admitted to a health facility in the Cordilleras. Her case was confirmed on March 23. [2]
[2] [3] August 1967 Ferdinand Tabtab: Alpha Phi Omega: University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City First recorded hazing death in the history of the fraternity. [3] [4] [5] April 1969: Miguel Arucan Military hazing Philippine Military Academy, Baguio [6] August 21, 1976: Mel Honasan: Beta Sigma: San Sebastian College – Recoletos, Manila
The Philippines is a Typhoon (Tropical Cyclone)-prone country, with approximately 20 Tropical Cyclones entering its area of responsibility per year. Locally known generally as bagyo (), [3] typhoons regularly form in the Philippine Sea and less regularly, in the South China Sea, with the months of June to September being the most active, August being the month with the most activity.