Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z
- Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z
Infobox Airliner accident|name=Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z
Date=June 15 1972
Type=Sabotage
Site=over Pleiku, Vietnam
Fatalities=81
Injuries=0
Aircraft Type=Convair CV-880
Operator=Cathay Pacific
Tail Number=VR-HFZ
Passengers=71
Crew=10
Survivors = 0
Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z was a flight flying from Bangkok to Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport on June 15 1972. There were 71 passengers and 10 crew on the flight. A bomb exploded in a suitcase placed under a seat in the cabin while the flight was flying at 29,000 feet (FL290) over Vietnam. The aircraft disintegrated and crashed. All people on board were killed, including Irish-born Fr. Patrick Cunningham, a captain with Cathay Pacific Airways.
A suspect in the bombing was declared not guilty at a trial due to a lack of evidence [http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=06151972®=VR-HFZ&airline=Cathay+Pacific+Airways] . "Aviation Safety Network" states that a Thai police officer placed the bomb on the flight; his fiancée and his daughter were passengers. [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720615-1]
External links
* [http://www.newspaperarchive.com/freepdfviewer.aspx?
] about the crash
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