- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: July 16, 1948
Time: ?
Location: Pacific Ocean between Hong Kong and Macao
Operator: Cathay Pacific Airways
Flight #: ?
Route: Macau - Hong Kong
AC Type: Consolidated OA-10 Catalina
Registration: VR-HDT
cn / ln: ?
Aboard: 26   (passengers:23  crew:3)
Fatalities: 25   (passengers:22  crew:3)
Ground: 0
Summary: The flight crashed after being hijacked and losing control during a struggle in the cockpit. The crew was incapacitated by armed hijackers. First airliner to be hijacked.
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