Date: | Wednesday 21 April 2010 |
Time: | 20:50 |
Type: | Antonov An-12BP |
Owner/operator: | Interisland Airlines |
Registration: | UP-AN216 |
MSN: | 402001 |
Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
Engine model: | Ivchenko AI-20M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Barangay Laput, Mexico, Pampanga -
Philippines
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Cebu Airport (CEB/RPVM) |
Destination airport: | Angeles City-Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (CRK/RPLC) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:An Antonov 12BP cargo plane, registered UP-AN216, was destroyed when it crashed near the town of Mexico, Philippines. Three crew members survived, three others are presumed to have been killed in the crash.
The airplane operated on a flight on behalf of UPS from Cebu Airport (CEB) to Angeles City-Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (CRK). It crashed in a rice paddy and broke in two. The forward fuselage caught fire.
According to the Mexico town mayor the plane involved in the accident was labelled "Inter-Island Antonov 12". News reports indicated the An-12 was chartered by Pacific East Air Cargo (PEAC), but this was denied to ASN by a company spokesperson. He confirmed that the airplane had been operating for Interisland Airlines "for quite sometime already in non - scheduled commercial operations".
A bulletin from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said there were 3 Russians, 2 Uzbekistans, and 1 Bulgarian on the plane.
Sources:
3 foreigners presumed dead, 3 hurt in plane crash (Inquirer, 21-4-2010)
Cargo plane crashes in Pampanga (ABS-CBN 21-4-2010) Location
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