What the records say
- When
- 11 May 1990
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 14.51° N, 121.02° E
- Description
- 1990 plane crash of a Philippine Airlines Boeing 737-300 at Manila Airport, Philippines
- Deaths
- 8
- Participants
- 120
Philippine Airlines Flight 143
1990 aviation accident in the Philippines
Philippine Airlines Flight 143 (PR143) was a domestic flight from Manila Ninoy Aquino Airport, Manila, to Mandurriao Airport, Iloilo City, Philippines. On May 11, 1990, at Manila Ninoy Aquino International Airport the Boeing 737-300 assigned to the route suffered an explosion in the central fuel tank and was consumed by fire in as little as four minutes. This accident marked the first hull loss of a 737-300.
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