Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 23 JUL 1954 |
| Time: | ca 09:00 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54A-10-DC |
| Operator: | Cathay Pacific Airways |
| Registration: | VR-HEU |
| C/n / msn: | 10310 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15279 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 13 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Hainan Island (China)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thailand |
| Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong |
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).
Events:
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 60)
Photos
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).
Distance from Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport to Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport as the crow flies is 1703 km (1064 miles).
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.
