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Old 22nd Aug 2008, 01:11
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yowdude
 
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"The latest score is PAL=3, BUPAK= ZERO."
it can happen to anyone of us .

"Modesty aside, the most of us experienced ones have transferred out to other airlines."

and these incidents /accidents happened while
you were there :

Flight Designation Date Aircraft Location Description Casualties[59] N/A January 24, 1950 Douglas DC-3 Iloilo City The aircraft crashed en route to Mandurriao Airport. Fatalities: 4 N/A March 30, 1952 Douglas DC-3 Baguio CityLoakan Airport, crashed upon takeoff Fatalities: 10 N/A January 14, 1954 Douglas DC-6 Rome, Italy Crashed in Ciampino Airport while attempting to land in heavy turbulence, which led to an engine fire. Fatalities: 16 PR S26 November 23, 1960 Douglas DC-3 Manila Crashed in Mount Baco while en route to Manila due to poor weather conditions. Fatalities: 33 PR S85 December 22, 1960 Douglas DC-3 Cebu CityMactan-Cebu International Airport upon takeoff after a failure of the number one engine. Fatalities: 28 PR 984 March 2, 1963 Douglas DC-3 Davao City Crashed due to premature descent. Fatalities: 27 PR 946 February 21, 1964Douglas DC-3 Marawi City Crashed due to pilot error upon landing approach. Fatalities: 31 PR 785 June 29, 1966 Douglas DC-3 Sablayan, Occidental MindoroPR 345 February 28, 1967 Fokker F-27 Friendship Cebu City Crashed in Mactan-Cebu International Airport during landing due to an aft center of gravity condition resulting from improper loading. Fatalities: 12 PR 385 July 6, 1967Fokker F-27 Friendship Bacolod City Crashed into a mountain. Fatalities: 21 PR 158 September 12, 1969 BAC One-Eleven Antipolo City Crashed short on a hill upon landing approach. Fatalities: 45 PR 215 April 21, 1970 Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Manila Crashed in Nichols Field after a bomb exploded in the rear cargo section. Fatalities: 36 PR 463 November 28, 1972 Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Bislig City Bounced and swerved on landing. The nosegear, wings and propellers were severely damaged. None N/A February 3, 1975 Hawker Siddeley HS 748 ManilaNichols Field after a fire developed in the number two engine shortly after takeoff. It was also due to crew error in their inability to deal with a standard emergency. Fatalities: 33 PR 421 April 18, 1977 Douglas DC-8 Tokyo, Japan A DC-8-53 named "Champaca" (RP-C803) was written off after a landing accident at Haneda Airport. None PR 206 June 27, 1987 Hawker Siddeley HS 748 Itogon, Benguet Crashed in Mount Ugu, fifteen kilometers south of Loakan Airport in Baguio City, due to poor visibility. Fatalities: 50 N/A December 13, 1987 Short 360-300 Iligan City Crashed near Maria Cristina Airport. Fatalities: 15 N/A July 21, 1989 BAC One-Eleven Manila Crashed at Ninoy Aquino International AirportPR 143 May 11, 1990 Boeing 737-300Manila EI-BZG suffered an explosion in the center fuel tank near the terminal of Ninoy Aquino International Airport while preparing for takeoff. The fire and smoke engulfed the aircraft before it could be completely evacuated. The explosion was similar to what happened to the ill-fated TWA Flight 800 six years later. Fatalities: 8 PR 434 December 11, 1994 Boeing 747-200 Minami Daito, Okinawa, Japan A small bomb exploded underneath the seat (seat 26K) of Japanese businessman Haruki Ikegami. Ikegami died due to injuries sustained in the explosion, but none of the aircraft's other 293 passengers and crew were killed. The aircraft landed safely. Investigators later found that Ramzi Yousef planted the bomb there to test it out for a terrorist attack he was planning, Project Bojinka. The plan was foiled after an apartment fire in Manila led investigators to the laptop computer and disks containing the plan. Fatalities: 1 PR 137 March 22, 1998 Airbus A320 Bacolod City The aircraft overran the runway of Bacolod City Domestic Airport and crashed, plowing through homes near its end. Ground Fatalities: 3 The aircraft, with registration number PI-C270 and departing from Crashed in Crashed due to crew error, severe turbulence and strong gusty winds. Fatalities: 26 Crashed in when the aircraft overran the runway while landing, impacting several vehicles on an adjacent roadway. Ground Fatalities: 8

P.S,
now , does that make it even? - NOT!



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