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11 Mar 1950, POAS Skymaster crashes at Mount Parker

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Submitted by David on Mon, 2016-05-16 17:13
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Airplane crashes in and around Hong Kong
Date(s) of events described: 
Sat, 11 Mar 1950

A Skymaster operated by POAS [Pacific Overseas Airways (Siam) Ltd] crashed at Mount Parker on 11th March 1950. All 18 passengers and 8 crew members were killed.

Newspaper clippings from IDJ:

AIR CRASH-Mount Parker-11 March 1950-page 01
AIR CRASH-Mount Parker-11 March 1950-page 01, by IDJ
AIR CRASH-Mount Parker-11 March 1950-page 002
AIR CRASH-Mount Parker-11 March 1950-page 002, by IDJ

 

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Submitted by harryp on Mon, 2016-05-16 19:42.

Thanks for the posting. I remember it well as a 10 year old. Pretty awful, but I guess it was quick - at least for the passengers whou probably would not have seen it coming.

Regards, Harry P