- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | June 15, 1972 |
Time: | 1400 |
Location: | Near Pleiku, South Vietnam |
Operator: | Cathay Pacific Airways |
Flight #: | 700Z |
Route: | Bangkok - Hong Kong |
AC Type: | Convair CV-880-22M-21 |
Registration: | VR-HFZ |
cn / ln: | 22-7-1-53 |
Aboard: | 81 (passengers:71 crew:10) |
Fatalities: | 81 (passengers:71 crew:10) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The plane crashed while en route from Singapore to Hong Kong. Detonation of an explosive device in the passenger cabin in a suitcase under a seat. A Thai police lieutenant, accused of planting the bomb, was acquitted due to lack of sufficient evidence. |
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