Date:	Sunday 4 December 1949
Time:
Type:	Curtiss C-46D Commando
Owner/operator:	Civil Air Transport
Registration:	22345
MSN:
Year of manufacture:	1945
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Guangxi province -   China
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Cargo
Departure airport:	Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH)
Destination airport:	Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP)

Narrative:
The C-46, carrying a cargo of petrol, force landed on a sandbar in a river after running out of fuel.
The occupants were captured by Chinese guerrilla fighters and released in 1950.

Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 50)
The Singapore Free Press 4 January 1950, p3
BEA

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