Cebu Pacific Flight 387
Aviation accident
Cebu Pacific Flight 387 was a domestic flight from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila to Lumbia Airfield (formerly Lumbia Airport) in Cagayan de Oro. On February 2, 1998, the 30-year-old McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 crashed on the slopes of Mount Sumagaya in Claveria. All 104 people on board died in the crash. It is the second deadliest air disaster in the Philippines after Air Philippines Flight 541, which occurred two years later.
The crash site is now a memorial, inaugurated on February 2, 2021, for the victims of the flight. The memorial is now part of a tourism complex in Misamis Oriental. The structure is 20 metres (66 ft) tall.
Background
Aircraft
The aircraft involved in the accident was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (registration number RP-C1507). It was first delivered to Air Canada in September 1967 as C-FTLQ, before its acquisition by Cebu Pacific in March 1997.
Passengers and crew
In command of the flight was Captain Paulo Justo.
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