- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: June 15, 1972
Time: 1400
Location: Near Pleiku, South Vietnam
Operator: Cathay Pacific Airways
Flight #: 700Z
Route: Bangkok - Hong Kong
AC Type: Convair CV-880-22M-21
Registration: VR-HFZ
cn / ln: 22-7-1-53
Aboard: 81   (passengers:71  crew:10)
Fatalities: 81   (passengers:71  crew:10)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane crashed while en route from Singapore to Hong Kong. Detonation of an explosive device in the passenger cabin in a suitcase under a seat. A Thai police lieutenant, accused of planting the bomb, was acquitted due to lack of sufficient evidence.
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