Douglas C-54 Skymaster crash, Dec 21, 1948 (35 killed), B...
Douglas C-54 Skymaster accident on December 21, 1948 near Basalt Island Hong Kong, China with 35 fatalities.
- Date: December 21, 1948
- Aircraft: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Location: Basalt Island Hong Kong, China
- Fatalities: 35
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Douglas C 54 on a scheduled Shanghai to Hong Kong service crashed on a mountain on Basalt Island near Sai Kung on 21 December 1948. All 35 people on board were killed, among them Quentin Roosevelt II, director of the China National Aviation Corporation.