Miss Macao
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miss-macao-244-2893474
title:
Miss Macao
text:
Miss Macao was a Catalina seaplane owned by Cathay Pacific and operated by subsidiary Macau Air Transport Company. On 16 July 1948 it was involved in the first hijacking of a commercial aircraft. Piracy for robbery and ransom was the motive. The aircraft crashed after the pilot was shot while resisting the attackers, leaving one of the hijackers as the sole survivor of the incident. The lone survivor, Wong Yu, confessed to membership of the gang of four pirates who attempted the hijacking. The h
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description:
Hong Kong commercial seaplane; hijacked by pirates in 1948
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Macao
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2023-08-24T04:08:49Z
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