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Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z
Occurrence
Date	June 15 1972
Summary	Sabotage
Site	over Pleiku, Vietnam
Aircraft type	Convair CV-880
Operator	Cathay Pacific
Registration	VR-HFZ
Passengers	71
Crew	10
Fatalities	81
Injuries	0
Survivors	0

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Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z was a flight flying from Singapore's Singapore Changi Airport to Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport on June 15 1972. There were 71 passengers and 10 crew on the flight. A bomb exploded in a suitcase placed under a seat in the cabin while the flight was flying at 29,000 feet (FL290) over Vietnam. The aircraft disintegrated and crashed. All people on board were killed, including Irish-born Fr. Patrick Cunningham, a captain with Cathay Pacific Airways.

A suspect in the bombing was declared not guilty at a trial due to a lack of evidence [1].

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Newspaper Article about the crash

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-'''Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z''' was a flight flying from [[Singapore]]'s [[Singapore Changi Airport]] to [[Hong Kong]]'s [[Kai Tak Airport]] on [[June 15]] [[1972]]. There were 71 passengers and 10 crew on the flight. A bomb exploded in a suitcase placed under a seat in the cabin while the flight was flying at 29,000 feet over [[Vietnam]]. The aircraft disintegrated and crashed. All people on board were killed, including [[Ireland|Irish]]-born Fr. Patrick Cunningham, a captain with Cathay Pacific Airways.
+'''Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z''' was a flight flying from [[Singapore]]'s [[Singapore Changi Airport]] to [[Hong Kong]]'s [[Kai Tak Airport]] on [[June 15]] [[1972]]. There were 71 passengers and 10 crew on the flight. A bomb exploded in a suitcase placed under a seat in the cabin while the flight was flying at 29,000 feet ([[Flight Level|FL]]290) over [[Vietnam]]. The aircraft disintegrated and crashed. All people on board were killed, including [[Ireland|Irish]]-born Fr. Patrick Cunningham, a captain with Cathay Pacific Airways.
 A suspect in the bombing was declared not guilty at a trial due to a lack of evidence [http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=06151972&reg=VR-HFZ&airline=Cathay+Pacific+Airways].