Ms. Ner earlier flew as a flight attendant with Northwest Orient Airlines, based at MNL.

After the failure the plane flew at varying altitudes between 75 and 100 feet for a while, then flew level for 1,600 feet before crashing into terrain past the end of the runway; dragging across a hill, pushing through a chain link fence, and striking a car on the highway before stopping in a vacant space before exploding.

The captain continued flight with the engine failure despite safely being able to abort takeoff, having not yet reached VR speed.

The NTSB reported the causes of the accident as:The loss of climb capability after the crew retracted the flaps at too low an altitude to clear the rising terrain.

Contributing to the accident was the captain's decision to continue the take-off after an engine failed before reaching the rotation speed.