28 July, 1963

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TODAY IN PHILIPPINE HISTORY:

24 Boy Scouts and scouting officials, delegates of the Philippines to the 11th Boy Scout World Jamboree in Marathon, Greece, perished in an airplane crash of a United Arab Airlines (now EgyptAir) jetliner in the Bay of Bombay, India.

The delegation took a KLM flight for Hong Kong to catch a connecting United Arab Airlines flight to Athens, Greece. The Egyptian airliner, a British-made Comet jetliner had a stop over in Bangkok, Thailand on the night of July 27, 1963. The ill-fated plane carried 52 passengers and eight crewmembers (including the 24 Boy Scouts and scouting officials).

Aviation authorities were not able to ascertain conclusively the cause of the accident. Sabotage was ruled out.

(Ref: Pambansang Komisyong Pangkasaysayan; Photo from marathon1963.com)

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