Philippine Airlines Flight 434 ( PAL434 , PR434 ) was a flight on December 11 , 1994 from Cebu to Tokyo on a Boeing 747-283B that was seriously damaged by a bomb , killing one passenger and damaging vital control systems . The bombing was a test run of the unsuccessful Bojinka terrorist attacks . The Boeing 747 ( tail number EI-BWF ) was flying the second leg of a route from Ninoy Aquino International Airport ( formerly Manila International Airport ) , Pasay City in the Philippines , to Narita International Airport , in Tokyo , Japan , with a stop at Mactan – Cebu International Airport , Cebu , in the Philippines . After the bomb detonated , 57-year-old veteran pilot Captain Eduardo " Ed " Reyes was able to land the aircraft , saving it and the remaining passengers and crew
Bojinka terrorist attacks
Bojinka plot
Philippine Airlines Flight 434