Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z

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Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z was a flight from Singapore to Hong Kong operated by Cathay Pacific using a Convair CV-880 aircraft that crashed 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Pleiku, then in South Vietnam, on the afternoon of 15 June 1972, killing all 81 passengers and crew on board. It remains the deadliest aviation incident involving a Convair CV-880. An investigation was carried out by officials from Great Britain and Cathay Pacific, but efforts to retrieve wreckage and study the crash site were hampered by ongoing fighting in the region due to the Vietnam War. An inquiry later determined the crash to have been caused by an explosive device, likely located within the passenger cabin. A Thai national was arrested as a suspect in the bombing but later acquitted at trial. Journalist John McBeth, who had worked for the Bangkok Post, described said trial as "Thailand's version of the O.J. Simpson trial." It was the deadliest incident to occur on a Cathay Pacific aircraft, and at the time it occurred...

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