Kashmir Princess

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The Kashmir Princess, or Air India Flight 300, was a chartered Lockheed L-749A Constellation Air India flight. On 11 April 1955, it was severely damaged mid-air by a bomb explosion and crashed into the South China Sea while en route from Bombay, India to Jakarta, Indonesia via Hong Kong. Of the nineteen occupants, only three survived. The explosion was an assassination attempt targeting Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, who missed the flight either due to a medical emergency or because he had prior knowledge. Hong Kong authorities concluded that the Kuomintang were responsible for the bombing.

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