Civil Air Transport Flight B-908

Civil Air Transport Flight B-908
Flight B-908
Occurrence summary
Date 20 June 1964
Site Taiwan
Fatalities 57
Aircraft type Curtiss C-46D
Operator Civil Air Transport
Tail number B-908 [1]

Civil Air Transport Flight B-908 was a Curtiss C-46D[2] operated by the Taiwanese airline Civil Air Transport that on 20 June 1964 crashed near the village of Shenkang in western Taiwan, killing all 57 people aboard. Among the dead were 20 Americans, one Briton and members of the Malaysian delegation to the 11th Film Festival in Asia, including businessman Loke Wan Tho and his wife Mavis. [3]

References

  1. ^ 1964 Airplane Crash Info.
  2. ^ "Ci - Cz" Airplane Crash Info.
  3. ^ "Villagers see blast as 57 die in crash". The Montreal Gazette. 22 June 1964. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OJotAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jp4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=7113,4202246&hl=en. Retrieved 1 June 2011. 

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