- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 21, 1948 |
Time: | 1400 |
Location: | Basalt Island, Hong Kong |
Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Shanghai - Hong Konk |
AC Type: | Douglas C-54B-5-DO |
Registration: | XT-104 |
cn / ln: | 18348 |
Aboard: | 33 (passengers:29 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 33 (passengers:29 crew:4) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed on Balsalt Island while attempting a visual approach through clouds. The pilot came down through a hole in the overcast but became trapped when the weather closed in. He reversed course but crashed into a small mountain. Pilot error. Quentin Roosevelt, son of Teddy Roosevelt killed. |
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