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flight from Tokyo, Japan, to

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and

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. On 28 July 1963 it was being operated by a

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registered as ''SU-ALD'', when on approach to Bombay's Santa Cruz Airport it crashed into the Arabian Sea off Bombay on 28 July 1963 with the loss of all 63 passengers and crew on board. Among the 55 passengers was the

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delegation of 24 Boy Scouts and adults traveling to the

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in Greece.

Accident

At 1:46 a.m. in Mumbai on 28 July 1963 (20:16 GMT on 27 July), the Comet crew reported being overhead the Santa Cruz

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beacon at feet and were cleared to descend to . The crew requested an instrument landing system approach to runway 09 and that they would follow the back beam procedure. The controller advised them the procedure was not available and they should carry out an approach using the VOR beacon. The crew agreed to use the procedure and reported leaving in the descent on the 272-degree radial from the VOR. The controller advised them that they might encounter heavy turbulence if they went more than west of the airport. The crew requested a left-hand procedure rather than the more normal right-hand one because of the weather. Permission was granted and the aircraft, already in severe turbulence, entered a left-hand turn and then crashed into the sea at 1:50 a.m., from Madh Island.

Probable cause

Because no wreckage was salvaged and the crew did not report any problems, it was concluded that the aircraft was probably lost due to loss of control while turning in severe turbulence and heavy rain.

Death of Boy Scouts of the Philippines Scouting Contingent

Boy Scouts of the Philippines scouts heading to the Jamboree that died in the Plane Crash.Tragic death of Boy Scouts remembered
/ref> From the Manila Boy Scout Council *Ramon V. Albano *Henry Chuatoco *Jose Antonio Delgado *Pedro Gandia *Wilfredo Santiago and *Ascario Tuason, Jr. From the Quezon City Council *Roberto Castor *Romeo R. Rallos and *Rogelio Ybardolaza. The remainder of the scouts *Victor de Guia, Jr. (Baguio City) *Antonio Limbaga (Zamboanga City) *Roberto Lozano (Dagupan City) *Paulo Madriñan (Pasay City) *Jose Fermin Magbanua (Negros Oriental) *Filamor Reyes (Cavite) *Antonio Torillo (Cavite) *Benecio Tobias (Tarlac) and *Felix Fuentebella, Jr. (both Manila and Goa, Camarines Sur Councils) BSP Scouters that died in the crash:Quezon City: The 11th World Scout Jamboree Memorial Rotonda and other Scouting Monuments in the Philippines
/ref> *Scoutmaster and Physician, Bonifacio Vitan Lazcano, M.D. *Chaplain Fr. Jose Agcaoili Martinez, S.J. *Assistant Scoutmaster Librado L. S. Fernandez *Assistant Scoutmaster Florante Lirio Ojeda These scouts are commemorated at both the

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and the Colegio de San Juan de Letran monument shown above. In addition the streets around the Rotonda are named after the scouts and scouters who perished.

References

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