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Philippine Airlines Flight 158 – the BAC One-Eleven crashed into hills while on approach to Manila International Airport. 45 people were killed. Philippine Airlines Flight 215 – Flight 215 was en route to Manila when terrorists detonated a bomb that had been placed in the plane's lavatory. The plane tore apart, exploding into pieces ...
Indian Airlines Flight 814 was hijacked by terrorists and flown to Kandahar, Afghanistan. One passenger was killed by the hijackers; the other 192 aboard survived. [6] 1 192 November 12, 1996 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision, Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 collided in mid-air with Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907. The cause was determined ...
December 16 – The 1960 New York mid-air collision: United Airlines Flight 826, a Douglas DC-8, and TWA Flight 266, a Lockheed Super Constellation, collided in mid-air over Staten Island in New York; all 128 aboard the two planes and six people on the ground are killed. This is the first crash in which a flight recorder was used to provide ...
P. 2021 Philippine Air Force C-130 crash; Philippine Air Lines Flight 158; Philippine Air Lines Flight 345; Philippine Air Lines Flight 385; Philippine Air Lines Flight 984
Philippine Air Lines Flight 345; Philippine Air Lines Flight 385; Philippine Air Lines Flight 741; Philippine Air Lines Flight 785; Philippine Air Lines Flight 984; Philippine Air Lines Flight F26; Philippine Air Lines Flight S85; Philippine Airlines Flight 116; Philippine Airlines Flight 143
Delta Flight 954, operating the Convair, experienced miscommunication with air traffic control and were crossing a runway in poor visibility when North Central Airlines Flight 575, operating the DC-9, were in their takeoff roll on the same runway. The DC-9 attempted to fly over the Convair but struck it and then crash landed back on the runway.
This category lists multi-engine passenger airline accidents involving loss of all engines in flight and subsequent gliding flight. Causes of these rare situations have included fuel exhaustion or starvation , multiple bird strikes , volcanic ash , extreme weather and hijacking .
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.