Airplane Crash - Basalt Island, Hong Kong 12/21/1948
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Basalt Island, Hong Kong
| Date | 12/21/1948 |
| Location | Basalt Island, Hong Kong |
| Operator | China National Aviation Corporation |
| Route | Shanghai - Hong Konk |
| Type | Douglas C-54B-5-DO |
| Registration | XT-104 |
| Cn/In | 18348 |
| Aboard | 33 |
| Fatalities | 33 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | Crashed on Balsalt Island while attempting a visual approach through clouds. The pilot came down through a hole in the overcast but became trapped when the weather closed in. He reversed course but crashed into a small mountain. Pilot error. Quentin Roosevelt, son of Teddy Roosevelt killed. |
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