| Date: | Friday 23 July 1954 |
| Time: | 09:00 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-10-DC (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Cathay Pacific Airways |
| Registration: | VR-HEU |
| MSN: | 10310 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 15279 hours |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 10 / Occupants: 18 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | off Hainan Island -
 China
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD) |
| Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH) |
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).
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 60)
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