Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z
Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z was a flight from Singapore to Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific used a Convair CV-880 aircraft that crashed in South Vietnam on the afternoon of 15 June 1972. The cause was determined to have been an explosive device, likely located within the passenger cabin. A suspect in the bombing was acquitted at trial.
VR-HFZ, the aircraft involved in the bombing, in 1971 | |
| Bombing | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 June 1972 |
| Summary | Bombing |
| Site | Over Pleiku, South Vietnam |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Convair CV-880-22M-21 |
| Operator | Cathay Pacific |
| Registration | VR-HFZ |
| Flight origin | Singapore International Airport Singapore |
| Stopover | Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok Thailand |
| Destination | Kai Tak Airport Hong Kong |
| Passengers | 71 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 81 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Flight 700Z originated from Singapore International Airport (now the Paya Lebar Air Base) and had a stopover at Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, with the final destination being Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport.
At 0542 hours GMT (1242 local time), the flight made contact with Saigon ACC. At 0544, the crew made a routine transmission updating the progress of their route, adding that they would expect to reach their next waypoint by 0606 GMT. This was the last transmission received from the flight.