Kashmir Princess  was a chartered Lockheed L-749A Constellation aircraft owned by Air India which exploded in midair and crashed into thePacific Ocean on 11 April 1955 while en route from  Bombay , India and Hong Kong to Jakarta, Indonesia following a bomb explosion. Sixteen of those on board were killed, while three survived. Explosion The aircraft departed Hong Kong at 0425 GMT carrying Chinese and Eastern European delegates, mainly journalists,