ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 336410
| Date: | Saturday 7 May 1949 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Philippine Air Lines |
| Registration: | PI-C98 |
| MSN: | 33491/16743 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | off Alabat Island [Lamon Bay] -
 Philippines
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Daet-Camarines Norte Airport (DTE/RPUD) |
| Manila International Airport (MNL/RPLL) |
Crashed into the sea.
A time bomb delivered to the aircraft by two ex-convicts who were hired for the job by a woman and a man who were attempting to kill the woman's husband, a passenger on the aircraft.
Sources:
The Baltimore Sun, May 13, 1949, page 2
Arizona Republic, May 11, 1949, page 23
Pasadena (Calif.) Independent, May 18, 1949, page 13
The Southeast Missourian - Sep 26, 1949
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