Airplane Crash - Off Tabones Island Philippines 02/26/1981
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Off Tabones Island Philippines
| Date | 02/26/1981 |
| Time | 05:25 |
| Location | Off Tabones Island Philippines |
| Operator | Military - U.S. Air Force |
| Type | Lockheed MC-130E-Y |
| Registration | 64-0564 |
| Cn/In | 4074 |
| Aboard | 24 |
| Fatalities | 23 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The military transport crashed into SubiBay, 15 miles west-northwest of Cubi Point Naval Air Station where it had taken off an hour earlier and where it was on approach to land. Witnesses saw the aircraft flying at a low altitude just before crashing into the sea and exploding in flames. |
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