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The wreckage was found on April 14. [ 22] 17 May 2010 – A Robinson R44 helicopter carrying Quezon Province Governor Rafael Nantes crashed into a residential area of Lucena, Quezon, killing all four people on board and two people on the ground. [ 23] 10 December 2011 – 2011 Manila Beechcraft Queen Air crash.
139 injured (October aftershock) [ 3] On July 27, 2022, at 8:43:24 a.m. ( PHT ), an earthquake struck the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The earthquake had a magnitude of 7.0 M w , with an epicenter in Abra province. [ 4][ 5] Eleven people were reported dead and 615 were injured. At least 35,798 homes, schools and other buildings were ...
Up to 1,494 metric tons (1,470 long tons; 1,647 short tons) Area. 93.74 square kilometers (36.19 sq mi) On July 25, 2024, the Philippine-flagged industrial fuel tanker MT Terra Nova[ a] ( IMO number : 9092666) capsized and sank in Manila Bay, off the east coast of Lamao Point, Limay, Bataan, causing an ongoing oil spill.
Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. Upon making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions of Southeast Asia, particularly the Philippines. [ 1] It is one of the deadliest Philippine typhoons on record, [ 2] killing at least 6,300 people in that country alone ...
An intensity X struck Luzon on July 14–24, 1880. [ 6] The quake caused severe damage to these major cities in Luzon, most significantly in Manila where a lot of buildings collapsed. Number of casualties are unknown. [ 7] A quake struck Lucban, Quezon on October 26, 1884.
1. On March 17, 1957, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft crashed on the slopes of Mount Manunggal on the island of Cebu, Philippines, killing 25 of the aircraft's 26 occupants, including the incumbent president of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay. Several high-ranking Philippine government officials, military officials, and journalists ...
Taal Volcano in Batangas, Philippines began to erupt on January 12, 2020, when a phreatomagmatic eruption from its main crater spewed ashes over Calabarzon, Metro Manila, and some parts of Central Luzon and Ilocos Region, resulting in the suspension of school classes, work schedules, and flights in the area, as well as temporarily drying up Taal Main Crater Lake and destroying Vulcan Point, an ...
June 23: An S-70i Black Hawk Utility Helicopter crashed in Capas, Tarlac, killing all six on board. [ 75] July 4 – 2021 Philippine Air Force C-130 crash. A Lockheed C-130 Hercules crashed after an attempted landing at Jolo Airport in Sulu. 50 people on board and three civilians on the ground died.