Avro 748 crash, Nov 28, 1972, Bislig Surigao del Sur

Avro 748 accident on November 28, 1972 near Bislig Surigao del Sur, Philippines with no fatalities.

A Philippine Airlines Avro airliner on a scheduled service from Surigao landed hard at Bislig, bounced twice after its nose gear collapsed and veered off the runway. All 28 occupants escaped uninjured, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. The cause of the hard landing is not explained in the sources reviewed.

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