 On August 1, 2013, exactly 50 years after the opening of the Jamboree, a website dedicated to the event opened at www.marathon1963.com, created by the 2nd Scout Group of Patras, Greece.The site offers a huge collection of facts, photos, archives, videos, songs, and memorabilia from the Marathon Jamboree.Flags at the Jamboree were placed at half-mast in mourning after the bulk of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines contingent died in the crash of United Arab Airlines Flight 869 at 0150 hours on 28 July 1963, in the Arabian Sea nine nautical miles from Madh Island, Bombay (now Mumbai), India.