Philippine Airlines Flight 434
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Philippine Airlines Flight 434, sometimes referred to as PAL434 or PR434, was a flight on December 11, 1994, from Cebu to Tokyo on a Boeing 747-283B that was seriously damaged by a bomb, killing one passenger and damaging vital control systems, although the plane was in a repairable state.[1] The bombing was a test run of the unsuccessful Bojinka terrorist attacks. The Boeing 747 (tail number EI-BWF) was flying the second leg of a route from Ninoy Aquino International Airport (formerly Manila International Airport or NAIA), Pasay in the Philippines, to Narita International Airport, in Tokyo, Japan, with a stop at Mactan–Cebu International Airport, Cebu, in the Philippines. After the bomb detonated, 58-year-old veteran pilot Captain Eduardo "Ed" Reyes was able to land the aircraft, saving it and the remaining passengers and crew.[2]
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Bombing | |
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Date | December 11, 1994 |
Summary | Bomb planted by Ramzi Yousef as a test for the Bojinka plot |
Site | Minami Daito Island, Okinawa, Japan 25°50′45″N 131°14′30″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 747-283BM Combi |
Operator | Philippine Airlines |
Registration | EI-BWF |
Flight origin | Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Pasay, Philippines |
Stopover | Mactan–Cebu International Airport, Cebu, Philippines |
Destination | Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan |
Occupants | 293 |
Passengers | 273 |
Crew | 20 |
Fatalities | 1 |
Injuries | 10 |
Survivors | 292 |
Authorities later discovered that Ramzi Yousef, a passenger on the aircraft's prior flight leg, had placed the explosive.[3][4] Yousef boarded the flight under the fake Italian name "Armaldo Forlani", an incorrect spelling of the name of the Italian legislator[5] Arnaldo Forlani, in order not to get caught.[6] Yousef was later convicted of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.[4]