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A Cathay Pacific Airways C-47A (VR-HDG) struck a hillside near Braemar Reservoir in North Point, Hong Kong during an attempted go-around following an aborted approach to Kai Tak Airport, killing all 23 on board. [13] February 24 During takeoff at Cusco Airport, a TAM DC-3 suffered left landing gear failure and the left wing hit the ground. The ...
The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner ... a DC-3 now in the Hong Kong Science Museum inaugurated operations with Cathay Pacific in 1946 C-47 Skytrains ...
This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces. [1] On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the Kweilin, a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong. 15 ...
The 1954 Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown was an incident on 23 July 1954, when a Cathay Pacific Airways DC-4/C-54 [4] airliner was shot down by Chinese Air Force fighter aircraft. The event occurred off the coast of Hainan Island , where the plane was en route from Bangkok to Hong Kong, killing 10 of 19 passengers and crew on board.
1994 South Pacific Airmotive DC-3 crash; 2019 Alaska mid-air collision; A. Aeroflot Flight 2723; Aeroflot Flight 366; ... 1954 Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown; D.
1954 Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown; Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z; Cathay Pacific Flight 780 This page was last edited on 17 February 2021, at 06:15 (UTC). ...
A Douglas DC-3 named Betsy, Cathay Pacific's first aircraft, in the Hong Kong Science Museum Niki, a DC-3 painted to imitate the appearance of the carrier's second aircraft, outside Cathay City. Cathay Pacific Airways was founded on 24 September 1946 in Hong Kong.
This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II.An aircraft shootdown occurs when an aircraft is struck by a projectile launched or fired from another aircraft or from the ground (anti-aircraft warfare) which causes the targeted aircraft to lose its ability to continue flying normally, and then subsequently crashing into land or sea, often ...