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This plane crash takes us to the country of Vietnam, which is located next to the following countries: Laos, China and Cambodia and its located near the Philippines.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE BOMBING AND PLANE CRASH
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Pictured above is the accident aircraft, photographed in 1971.
Cathay Pacific Flight 700z, registered as Victor Romeo- Hotel Foxtrot Zulu (VR-HFZ), was a scheduled international passenger flight from Singapore to Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific at the time used a Convair CV-880 aircraft that crashed on the afternoon of the 15th of June 1972, the casue was determined to have been an explosive device, likely located within the passenger cabin, a suspect in the bombing was acquitted at trial.
Flight 700z originated from Singapore International Airport (now the Paya Labar Air Base, IATA: QPG, ICAO: WSAP), Singapore and the flight had a stopover at Don Mueang International Airport (IATA: DMK, ICAO: VTBD), Bangkok, Thailand, with the destination being Kai Tak Airport (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHX), Hong Kong.
At 05:42am GMT (12:42pm local time), the flight made contact with Saigon ACC, Vietnam and at 05:44am GMT (12:44pm local time), the crew made a routine transmission updating the progress of their route, adding that they would expect to reach the next waypoint by 06:06am GMT (01:06pm local time), this was the last transmission received from the flight, all 81 people who were on board the plane were killed in the crash.
