Estado: | |
Fecha: | viernes 23 julio 1954 |
Hora: | 09:00 |
Tipo: |  Douglas C-54A-10-DC (DC-4) |
Operador: | Cathay Pacific Airways |
Registración: | VR-HEU |
Numéro de série: | 10310 |
Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
Horas Totales de la Célula: | 15279 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 8 / Ocupantes: 13 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 10 / Ocupantes: 18 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | de la costa de Hainan Island ( China)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Tailandia |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong |
Descripción:Ditched off Hainan Island after having been shot at by Chinese Lavochkin La-11 fighter aircraft. The survivors were rescued by a US Air Force Albatross (51-009, based at Clarke AFB).
Fuentes:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 60)
Fotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport to Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport as the crow flies is 1703 km (1064 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.