VR-HEU — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

July 23, 1954Accident
While cruising over the China Sea on a flight from Bangkok to Hong Kong, the aircraft was attacked and shot down by two Chinese Air Force Lavochkin La-7. Both engines number one and four caught fire.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster · 10 fatalities
Shot down by Chinese fighters. The reason of the occurrence remained unclear but later, Cathay Pacific received an apology and compensation from the People's Liberation Army Air Force. Apparently, the fighters pilots mistook the Cathay aircraft for a Nationalist Chinese military airplane. Full accident record