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Philippine Airlines Flight 206

Philippine Airlines Flight 206 was the route designator of a domestic flight from Manila Domestic Airport, Metro Manila, Philippines, to Loakan Airport, Baguio. On June 26, 1987, the Hawker Siddeley HS 748 crashed onto a mountain en route to Baguio, killing all 50 people on board.

Accident
On the morning of June 26, 1987, Flight 206 departed the Manila Domestic Airport for Loakan Airport in Baguio, around north of Manila. It was scheduled to arrive at 11:10:00 Philippine Standard Time in Baguio, a city with an altitude of about . As the plane approached Baguio City, its pilot reported poor visibility. A monsoon was also reported in the area. Flight 206 disappeared from the radar screens around ten minutes before it was scheduled to land. The crash site was located around 180 meters below the summit of Mount Ugu, and 15 kilometers south of Loakan Airport. ==Fatalities==
Fatalities
There were no survivors among the 46 passengers and 4 crew members on the plane. Most of the fatalities were Filipinos, including Catholic Bishop Bienvenido Tudtud, Prelate of Marawi City, and Gloria Mapua-Lim, wife of then-Philippine Airlines executive vice-president Roberto Lim. At least one American citizen, John Neill who was then the Managing Director of Texas Instruments Philippines in Baguio, died in the crash. The crash of Flight 206 was, at that time, dubbed as the second worst commercial aviation accident in Philippine history; President Corazon Aquino and the airline's board of directors gave condolences to the victims of the Flight 206 and their respective families. ==References==
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