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{{Short description|1999 aviation accident in the Philippines}}
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{{Infobox Airliner accident
| date            = {{Start date|df=y|1999|12|7}}
| type            = [[Controlled flight into terrain]]
| occurrence_type = Accident
| image           = L-410 RF-94597 (6208622076).jpg
| caption         = A Let L-410, similar to the aircraft involved
| site            = Between [[Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya|Kasibu]], [[Nueva Vizcaya]] and [[Cabarroguis, Quirino|Cabarroguis]], [[Quirino]], [[Philippines]]
| coordinates     = {{Coord|16|19|1|N|121|16|59|E|type:event|display=inline,title}}
| aircraft_type   = [[Let Kunovice|Let]] [[Let L-410 Turbolet|L-410 Turbolet]]
| origin          = [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]]
| destination     = [[Cauayan Airport]]
| operator        = [[Asian Spirit]]
| tail_number     = {{Airreg|RP|C3883}}
| occupants       = 17
| passengers      = 15
| crew            = 2
| fatalities      = 17
| survivors       = 0
}}
'''Asian Spirit Flight 100''' was a [[Let L-410 Turbolet]] that crashed into a mountainside between the municipalities of [[Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya|Kasibu]], [[Nueva Vizcaya]], and [[Cabarroguis, Quirino|Cabarroguis]], [[Quirino]], in the [[Philippines]] on December 7, 1999. The aircraft was en route to [[Cauayan, Isabela|Cauayan]] in [[Isabela (province)|Isabela]] from [[Ninoy Aquino International Airport]] in [[Manila]]. All fifteen passengers and two crew aboard the flight died in the incident.

== Accident ==
The aircraft departed the Manila Domestic Terminal of Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 8:34 am [[Philippine Standard Time|PST]], with the pilot, Rolando Salandanan,<ref name="pilot">{{ASN accident|id=19991207-0|accessdate=2007-07-22}}</ref> last making contact with [[air traffic control]] at 9:19 am PST as he was approaching [[Cauayan Airport]], with no indication of a problem aboard the aircraft.  Flight 100 was scheduled to land at Cauayan at 9:37 am PST.<ref name="BBC">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/553722.stm Philippines crash claims 17 lives], [[BBC News]], December 8, 1999</ref> The wreckage of Flight 100 would be found the next day, December 8.

==References==
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[[Category:History of Quirino]]
[[Category:1999 disasters in the Philippines]]
[[Category:December 1999 in Asia]]


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