Domestic passenger flight which crashed in Davao del Norte, Philippines in April 2000
Air Philippines Flight 541
The aircraft involved in the accident, while in service with Southwest Airlines in 1998
Accident
Date
April 19, 2000 (2000-04-19)
Summary
Pilot error leading to controlled flight into terrain
Site
Samal, Davao del Norte 07°09′24″N125°42′03″E / 7.15667°N 125.70083°E / 7.15667; 125.70083
Aircraft
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 City, Philippines
Occupants
131
Passengers
124
Crew
7
Fatalities
131
Survivors
0
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. On April 19, 2000, the Boeing 737-2H4 crashed in 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 third deadliest accident involving the Boeing 737-200, after Mandala Airlines Flight 091, which crashed 5 years later, and Indian Airlines Flight 113.[1]
^"Air Philippines crash kills all 131 on board". CNN. April 19, 2000. Archived from the original on November 13, 2007. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
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