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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard vevent"><caption class="infobox-title fn org summary" style="padding-bottom:0.3em;">1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash_site.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash_site.jpg/220px-1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash_site.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash_site.jpg/330px-1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash_site.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash_site.jpg/440px-1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash_site.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1248" data-file-height="1049" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:1.3em;">Wreckage at the crash site on <a href="/wiki/Mount_Manunggal" title="Mount Manunggal">Mount Manunggal</a>, Cebu</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #082567; color: white">Accident</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Date</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">17 March 1957<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1957-03-17</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Summary</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Controlled_flight_into_terrain" title="Controlled flight into terrain">Controlled flight into terrain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">10°27′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">123°48′53″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">10.45167°N 123.81472°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">10.45167; 123.81472</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #082567; color: white">Aircraft</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Photo_of_Philippine_Air_Force_Douglas_C-47A_(DC-3)_2100925_at_Korea_during_Korean_War.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Photo_of_Philippine_Air_Force_Douglas_C-47A_%28DC-3%29_2100925_at_Korea_during_Korean_War.jpg/220px-Photo_of_Philippine_Air_Force_Douglas_C-47A_%28DC-3%29_2100925_at_Korea_during_Korean_War.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Photo_of_Philippine_Air_Force_Douglas_C-47A_%28DC-3%29_2100925_at_Korea_during_Korean_War.jpg/330px-Photo_of_Philippine_Air_Force_Douglas_C-47A_%28DC-3%29_2100925_at_Korea_during_Korean_War.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Photo_of_Philippine_Air_Force_Douglas_C-47A_%28DC-3%29_2100925_at_Korea_during_Korean_War.jpg/440px-Photo_of_Philippine_Air_Force_Douglas_C-47A_%28DC-3%29_2100925_at_Korea_during_Korean_War.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1180" /></a></span> <br />2100925, the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Force" title="Philippine Air Force">Philippine Air Force</a> Douglas C-47 involved in the accident</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Aircraft type</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Aircraft name</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><i>Mt. Pinatubo</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Force" title="Philippine Air Force">Philippine Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="/wiki/Aircraft_registration" title="Aircraft registration">Registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">2100925</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Flight origin</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Lahug_Airport" title="Lahug Airport">Lahug Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a>, Philippines</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Destination</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Nichols_Field" title="Nichols Field">Nichols Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pasay" title="Pasay">Pasay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rizal_(province)" title="Rizal (province)">Rizal</a>, Philippines</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Occupants</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">26</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Passengers</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">21</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Crew</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Fatalities</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">25</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Injuries</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em; padding-right:1.0em; white-space:nowrap;">Survivors</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On March 17, 1957, a <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">Douglas C-47 Skytrain</a> transport aircraft crashed on the slopes of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Manunggal" title="Mount Manunggal">Mount Manunggal</a> on the island of <a href="/wiki/Cebu" title="Cebu">Cebu</a>, Philippines, killing 25 of the aircraft's 26 occupants, including the incumbent <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">president of the Philippines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Magsaysay" title="Ramon Magsaysay">Ramon Magsaysay</a>. Several high-ranking Philippine government officials, military officials, and journalists were also among the dead. The sole survivor was a reporter for the <i>Philippine Herald</i>, <a href="/wiki/Nestor_Mata" title="Nestor Mata">Nestor Mata</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time of his death, President Magsaysay, a <a href="/wiki/Nacionalista_Party" title="Nacionalista Party">Nacionalista</a>, was widely popular and was expected to easily win re-election in <a href="/wiki/1957_Philippine_presidential_election" title="1957 Philippine presidential election">the presidential elections to be held in November 1957</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-gleeck_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gleeck-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-time_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aircraft_and_crew">Aircraft and crew</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Aircraft and crew"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The aircraft involved in the crash was a newly reconditioned twin engine <a href="/wiki/C-47_Skytrain" class="mw-redirect" title="C-47 Skytrain">C-47A-75-DL Skytrain</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was operated by the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Force" title="Philippine Air Force">Philippine Air Force</a> and served as the official presidential plane of Magsaysay.<sup id="cite_ref-nyford_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyford-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plane had been newly purchased with less than 100 hours of logged flight.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had a crew of five, all officers of the Philippine Air Force led by the pilot, <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">Major</a> Florencio Pobre, 37.<sup id="cite_ref-nynames_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nynames-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The plane was named <i>Mt. Pinatubo</i>, after <a href="/wiki/Mount_Pinatubo" title="Mount Pinatubo">a long-inactive volcano</a> then best known as the tallest mountain in Magsaysay's home province of <a href="/wiki/Zambales" title="Zambales">Zambales</a>. Mount Pinatubo, which had been dormant since the 14th century, later became active in 1991 and produced <a href="/wiki/1991_eruption_of_Mount_Pinatubo" title="1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo">the second-largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century</a>, leaving over 800 people dead.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On March 16, 1957, President <a href="/wiki/Ramon_Magsaysay" title="Ramon Magsaysay">Ramon Magsaysay</a> was at <a href="/wiki/Cebu_City" title="Cebu City">Cebu City</a>, where he arrived at 3:45<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PHT</a> aboard his C-47 Mount Pinatubo plane for a series of speaking engagements in the city later that day. He visited former President <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Osme%C3%B1a" title="Sergio Osmeña">Sergio Osmeña</a> at his home and later spoke at a convention of <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Forces_Far_East" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Forces Far East">USAFFE</a> veterans and the commencement exercises at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_the_Visayas" title="University of the Visayas">University of the Visayas</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Southwestern_University_(Philippines)" title="Southwestern University (Philippines)">Southwestern College</a> and at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_San_Carlos" title="University of San Carlos">University of San Carlos</a>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-ss1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the University of the Visayas, he was conferred an honorary Doctorate of Laws. In the evening, he attended a party at the home of Cebu City mayor <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Osme%C3%B1a_Jr." title="Sergio Osmeña Jr.">Sergio Osmeña Jr.</a> He left for Lahug Airport and boarded his plane shortly before midnight, sent off at the airport by a group led by the mayor's father, former President <a href="/wiki/Sergio_Osme%C3%B1a" title="Sergio Osmeña">Sergio Osmeña</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ss1_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gazette_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accident">Accident</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Accident"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The aircraft took off from Lahug Airport in Cebu City for <a href="/wiki/Nichols_Field" title="Nichols Field">Nichols Field</a> near <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>, around 640 kilometers (400 mi) away, at 1:00<span class="nowrap"> </span>a.m. <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PHT</a>, Sunday, March 17. The weather was fine and the ceiling unlimited with low broken clouds and a bright moon.<sup id="cite_ref-nyford_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyford-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eyewitnesses on the ground observed that the airplane had not gained enough altitude as it approached the mountain ranges in <a href="/wiki/Balamban,_Cebu" class="mw-redirect" title="Balamban, Cebu">Balamban</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ss1_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At 1:17<span class="nowrap"> </span>a.m. <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Standard_Time" title="Philippine Standard Time">PHT</a>, the plane radioed <a href="/wiki/Malaca%C3%B1ang_Palace" title="Malacañang Palace">Malacañang</a>, to have the President met at Nichols Field at around 3:15 a.m.<sup id="cite_ref-time_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This communication was the last ever conveyed by the plane. </p><p>Concerns arose after Magsaysay's plane failed to arrive at Nichols Field on schedule. By breakfast time, <a href="/wiki/First_Spouse_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="First Spouse of the Philippines">First Lady</a> <a href="/wiki/Luz_Magsaysay" title="Luz Magsaysay">Luz Magsaysay</a> and the Magsaysay family were informed that the plane had gone missing.<sup id="cite_ref-nyford_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyford-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An all-out air and sea search was instituted by the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Philippines" title="Armed Forces of the Philippines">Armed Forces of the Philippines</a>, with the assistance of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-time_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyford_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyford-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The search had initially focused on the sea, as much of the flight route was over the ocean.<sup id="cite_ref-nyford_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyford-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The news had also spread throughout <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a> and the rest of the Philippines, people weeping openly upon hearing of the missing flight.<sup id="cite_ref-nyford_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyford-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the mid-afternoon of March 17, a local town official in Cebu announced that the plane had crashed on the slopes of Mount Manunggal, in <a href="/wiki/Balamban,_Cebu" class="mw-redirect" title="Balamban, Cebu">Balamban, Cebu</a>, approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi) northwest of Cebu City.<sup id="cite_ref-ss1_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ss1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several local residents had heard the crash and discovered the flaming wreckage of the plane earlier that morning. They discovered one survivor, <a href="/wiki/Nestor_Mata" title="Nestor Mata">Nestor Mata</a>, a reporter with the <i>Philippine Herald</i> newspaper, whom they transported down the mountain.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mata, who suffered second- and third-degree burns, estimated that the plane had crashed around 1:40<span class="nowrap"> </span>a.m.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were no other survivors. Military rescuers arrived at the crash site the following day, March 18. The body of President Magsaysay was identified by his brother Jesus through his wristwatch and later confirmed by dental records.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyford2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyford2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His body was charred and "beyond recognition", according to a report by <a href="/wiki/Department_of_National_Defense_(Philippines)" title="Department of National Defense (Philippines)">National Defense</a> Undersecretary Jose Crisol to Press Secretary <a href="/wiki/Jose_V._Cruz" title="Jose V. Cruz">Jose V. Cruz</a> at 12:35<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m.<sup id="cite_ref-gazette_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazette-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was determined that at the time of the crash, Magsaysay had been inside his special cabin, located just behind the cockpit.<sup id="cite_ref-nyford2_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyford2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Within hours after the official identification of President Magsaysay's body, <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_Philippines" title="Vice President of the Philippines">Vice President</a> <a href="/wiki/Carlos_P._Garcia" title="Carlos P. Garcia">Carlos P. Garcia</a> was <a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Carlos_P._Garcia" title="First inauguration of Carlos P. Garcia">sworn in</a> as the 8th <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" title="President of the Philippines">President of the Philippines</a>. At the time of the crash, Garcia had been in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, attending a conference of the <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization" title="Southeast Asia Treaty Organization">SEATO</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-time_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyford2_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyford2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Passengers">Passengers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Passengers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to President Magsaysay and Mata, the plane carried 24 others, including former <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_the_Philippines" title="Senate of the Philippines">Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Tomas_Cabili" title="Tomas Cabili">Tomas Cabili</a>, a hero of the guerrilla resistance movement during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>; Gregorio Hernandez Jr., <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Education_(Philippines)" title="Secretary of Education (Philippines)">Secretary of Education</a>; <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_the_Philippines" title="House of Representatives of the Philippines">Representative</a> <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Lopez_(legislator)" title="Pedro Lopez (legislator)">Pedro Lopez</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cebu%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Cebu's 2nd congressional district">Cebu's 2nd district</a>; and <a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a> Benito Ebuen (1912–1957), commanding general of the <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Force" title="Philippine Air Force">Philippine Air Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-nynames_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nynames-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also on board was former Olympian <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Nunag" title="Felipe Nunag">Felipe Nunag</a>, then serving as an <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">aide-de-camp</a> to Magsaysay. The other passengers included various civilian and military aides to the President and three journalists.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Investigation">Investigation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_Cebu_Douglas_C-47_crash&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Investigation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were initial speculations that sabotage had caused the plane crash.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nyford_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyford-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Magsaysay had first come into prominence when as <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_National_Defense_(Philippines)" title="Secretary of National Defense (Philippines)">Secretary of Defense</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Elpidio_Quirino" title="Elpidio Quirino">Quirino administration</a>, he had led the fight against the communist-inspired insurgency of the <a href="/wiki/Hukbalahap" title="Hukbalahap">Hukbalahap</a> movement.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-time_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-time-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, no evidence emerged to support the theory of sabotage. On April 27, 1957, the chief of the Philippine Constabulary, General Manuel F. Cabal, testified before a <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_the_Philippines" title="Senate of the Philippines">Senate committee</a> that the crash had been caused by <a href="/wiki/Fatigue_(material)" title="Fatigue (material)">metal fatigue</a>, which had broken a drive shaft that caused a power failure on board the plane shortly after takeoff. 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selflink">Cebu Douglas C-47 crash</a> (March 1957)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Orient_Airlines_Flight_1-11" title="Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11">Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11</a> (July 1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Lines_Flight_S26" title="Philippine Air Lines Flight S26">Philippine Air Lines Flight S26</a> (November 1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Lines_Flight_S85" title="Philippine Air Lines Flight S85">Philippine Air Lines Flight S85</a> (December 1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Lines_Flight_984" title="Philippine Air Lines Flight 984">Philippine Air Lines Flight 984</a> (March 1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Lines_Flight_F26" title="Philippine Air Lines Flight F26">Philippine Air Lines Flight F26</a> (May 1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Lines_Flight_741" title="Philippine Air Lines Flight 741">Philippine Air Lines Flight 741</a> (October 1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Lines_Flight_785" title="Philippine Air Lines Flight 785">Philippine Air Lines Flight 785</a> (June 1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Lines_Flight_345" title="Philippine Air Lines Flight 345">Philippine Air Lines Flight 345</a> (February 1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Lines_Flight_385" title="Philippine Air Lines Flight 385">Philippine Air Lines Flight 385</a> (July 1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Air_Lines_Flight_158" title="Philippine Air Lines Flight 158">Philippine Air Lines Flight 158</a> (September 1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Airlines_Flight_215" title="Philippine Airlines Flight 215">Philippine Airlines Flight 215</a> (April 1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_United_States_Air_Force_WC-130_disappearance" title="1974 United States Air Force WC-130 disappearance">United States Air Force WC-130 disappearance</a> (October 1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Airlines_Flight_116" title="Philippine Airlines Flight 116">Philippine Airlines Flight 116</a> (May 1976)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_811" title="China Airlines Flight 811">China Airlines Flight 811</a> (February 1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Ninoy_Aquino" title="Assassination of Ninoy Aquino">Assassination of Ninoy Aquino</a> (August 1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Airlines_Flight_206" title="Philippine Airlines Flight 206">Philippine Airlines Flight 206</a> (June 1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Airlines_Flight_443" title="Philippine Airlines Flight 443">Philippine Airlines Flight 443</a> (December 1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Airlines_Flight_124" title="Philippine Airlines Flight 124">Philippine Airlines Flight 124</a> (July 1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s</th><td 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href="/wiki/Asian_Spirit_Flight_100" title="Asian Spirit Flight 100">Asian Spirit Flight 100</a> (December 1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Air_Philippines_Flight_541" title="Air Philippines Flight 541">Air Philippines Flight 541</a> (April 2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Airlines_Flight_812" title="Philippine Airlines Flight 812">Philippine Airlines Flight 812</a> (May 2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Laoag_International_Airlines_Flight_585" title="Laoag International Airlines Flight 585">Laoag International Airlines Flight 585</a> (November 2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philippine_Airlines_Flight_475" title="Philippine Airlines Flight 475">Philippine 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Calamba Beechcraft King Air crash">2019 Calamba Beechcraft King Air crash</a> (September 2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_Philippine_Air_Force_C-130_crash" title="2021 Philippine Air Force C-130 crash">Philippine Air Force C-130 crash</a> (July 2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Korean_Air_Flight_631" title="Korean Air Flight 631">Korean Air Flight 631</a> (October 2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Philippine_airspace_closure" title="2023 Philippine airspace closure">Philippine airspace closure</a> (January 2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style 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style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Jan 31</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/1957_Pacoima_mid-air_collision" title="1957 Pacoima mid-air collision">Pacoima aircraft accident</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Feb 1</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Airlines_Flight_823" title="Northeast Airlines Flight 823">Northeast Airlines Flight 823</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Mar 5</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Wick_air_crash" title="Sutton Wick air crash">Sutton Wick air crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Mar 14</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/British_European_Airways_Flight_411" title="British European Airways Flight 411">British European Airways Flight 411</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Mar 17</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a 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style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/1957_Aquila_Airways_Solent_crash" title="1957 Aquila Airways Solent crash">Aquila Airways Solent crash</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Dec 8</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Aerol%C3%ADneas_Argentinas_Flight_670" title="Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 670">Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 670</a></div></div><div><div style="width:4em;display:inline-block;">Dec 18</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_10_(1957)" title="Aeroflot Flight 10 (1957)">Aeroflot Flight 10</a></div></div> </div> <div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Template:Aviation_accidents_and_incidents_in_1956" title="Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1956">1956   ◄</a><span class="nowrap">   </span> <a href="/wiki/Template:Aviation_accidents_and_incidents_in_1958" title="Template:Aviation 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