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Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people.
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Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z
1972 airliner bombing
Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z was a flight from Singapore to Hong Kong operated by Cathay Pacific using a Convair CV-880 aircraft that crashed in Pleiku, then in South Vietnam on the afternoon of 15 June 1972, killing all 81 passengers and crew on board.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pleiku
Provincial city in Gia Lai, Vietnam
Pleiku is a city in central Vietnam, located in the Central Highlands region. It was the capital of the Gia Lai Province. Many years ago, it was inhabited primarily by the Bahnar and Jarai ethnic groups, sometimes known as the Montagnards or Degar, although now it is inhabited…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
South Vietnam
Country in Southeast Asia (1955–1975)
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam, was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered international recognition in 1949 as the associated State of Vietnam within the French Union, with its capital at Saigon. Since 1950, it was a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
June 15
Day of the year
June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 199 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)