Basalt Island

Basalt Island

Basalt Island (火石洲, Fo Shek Chau) is an island of Hong Kong. Administratively it is part of Sai Kung District.

History

On December 21, 1948, Basalt Island was the site of an air crash, in which all 28 passengers, including five women and one child, and 7 crew were killed. The CNAC flight XT-104 from Shanghai to Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport was operated by a C-54 Skymaster. Fog over the island was the official cause of the crash.

Quentin Roosevelt II, the grandson of American president Theodore Roosevelt, and a Senior Vice President of China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) was among the casualties.

ee also

* Basalt

References

* [http://www.exploresaikung.com/people/Roosevelt.html Hong Kong's Roosevelt Connection Basalt Island's Air Crash]
* [http://www.cnac.org/roosevelt01.htm "New York Times" article about the crash]
* [http://www.cnac.org/accident015.htm Additional details about the flight]

External links

* [http://philipedwardkenny.googlepages.com/basaltisland Flora and fauna of Basalt Island]


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