Air Philippines Flight 541
.jpg) An Air Philippines Boeing 737-200, similar to the crashed aircraft | |
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 19, 2000 |
| Summary | Pilot error, Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site |
Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte 07°09′24″N 125°42′03″E / 7.15667°N 125.70083°ECoordinates: 07°09′24″N 125°42′03″E / 7.15667°N 125.70083°E |
| Passengers | 124 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 131 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-2H4 |
| Operator | Air Philippines |
| Registration | RP-C3010 |
| Flight origin | Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila, Philippines |
| Destination | Francisco Bangoy International Airport, Davao, Philippines |
Air Philippines Flight 541 was a scheduled domestic flight operated by Air Philippines from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila to Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City, the Philippines. On April 19, 2000 the Boeing 737-2H4 crashed in Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte while on approach to the airport, killing all 124 passengers and 7 crew members. It remains the deadliest air disaster in the Philippines and the second deadliest accident involving the Boeing 737-200 after Mandala Airlines Flight 091 which crashed 5 years later.[1]
Accident
The aircraft, a Boeing 737-2H4, registration RP-C3010, previously owned by Southwest Airlines as N50SW was first delivered in February 1978 and was sold to Air Philippines 20 years later.
On April 19, 2000, Air Philippines Flight 541, with 131 passengers and crew members, left Manila at 5:21 a.m., flying to Davao City, in South East Mindanao, about 600 miles southeast of Manila.
As it approached the airport at around 7 a.m., a Cebu Pacific DC-9 aircraft was on the runway prepare for take off to Cebu. Shortly later, Flight 541 began to circle in low clouds, waiting for the plane on the ground to move off the runway. As it circled, Flight 541 slammed into a coconut tree, 500 feet above sea level and crashes few miles west of the airport.[2] The plane later caught fire and disintegrated, no one survived the accident.
References
- ↑ "Air Philippines crash kills all 131 on board" (). CNN. April 19, 2000. Retrieved on August 30, 2014.
- ↑ Air Philippines Flight 541 at Aviation Safety Network