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Villagers on the island said the plane was flying at low altitude and hit the top of a coconut tree, which knocked off part of its [[airfoil|wing]]. They said it appeared the plane tried to pull up under full engine power, but failed and crashed. The plane caught fire when it came down in a coconut grove. Airport officials said skies were foggy at the time of the accident.[{{cite news |date=April 20, 2000 |title=Aftermath of Flight 541 |url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9c88223d660bf1770037a79c48d078a7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623061428/http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9c88223d660bf1770037a79c48d078a7 |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |access-date=June 23, 2018 |agency=Associated Press }}] Twenty-one of the victims were never identified and were buried in a mass grave.[{{Cite news |date=November 3, 2000 |title=Flights 387, 541, The pain, struggle |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=83UE6yvegO4C&dat=20001103&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=September 24, 2023 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |page=14 |quote=The relatives of 21 others had to visit a grave with only the inscription: "Here lie the unrecognized... by human eye... but (who are) now with the Master's care... immortalized. Died [[Holy Wednesday]], 19 April 2000." }}]
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Eyewitnesses said the plane was flying at low altitude and hit the top of a coconut tree, which knocked off part of its [[airfoil|wing]]. They said it appeared the plane tried to pull up under full engine power, but failed and crashed. The plane caught fire when it came down in a coconut grove. Airport officials said skies were foggy at the time of the accident.[{{cite news |date=April 20, 2000 |title=Aftermath of Flight 541 |url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9c88223d660bf1770037a79c48d078a7 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623061428/http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/9c88223d660bf1770037a79c48d078a7 |archive-date=June 23, 2018 |access-date=June 23, 2018 |agency=Associated Press }}] Twenty-one of the victims were never identified and were buried in a mass grave.[{{Cite news |date=November 3, 2000 |title=Flights 387, 541, The pain, struggle |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=83UE6yvegO4C&dat=20001103&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=September 24, 2023 |newspaper=[[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] |page=14 |quote=The relatives of 21 others had to visit a grave with only the inscription: "Here lie the unrecognized... by human eye... but (who are) now with the Master's care... immortalized. Died [[Holy Wednesday]], 19 April 2000." }}] |
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[[Francisco Bangoy International Airport]] did not have full equipment for [[Instrument landing system|instrument landings]] at that time, and visual landings had been suspended several minutes before the crash.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}} |
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[[Francisco Bangoy International Airport]] did not have full equipment for [[Instrument landing system|instrument landings]] at that time, and visual landings had been suspended several minutes before the crash.{{Citation needed|date=December 2025}} |
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