The 1957 crash of a Douglas C-47 plane named Mt. Pinatubo on the slopes of Mount Manunggal, Cebu, Philippines, killed the seventh President of the Philippines, Ramon Magsaysay, and 24 other passengers. The crash is estimated to have occurred at 1:40 a.m., March 17, 1957, Philippine Standard Time (17:40 p.m., March 16, 1957, GMT). Several high-ranking Philippine government and military officials, as well as journalists, were also among the dead. A reporter for the Philippine Herald, Nestor Mata, was the sole survivor of the accident.