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''Miss Macao'' was a Catalina seaplane owned by Cathay Pacific and operated by a subsidiary. On 16 July 1948 she became the victim of the first hijacking of a commercial aircraft. Piracy for robbery and ransom was the motive.〔 〕〔 "Since piracy laws don't yet cover air piracy, he will probably be charged with simple murder." 〕 The lone survivor, Huang Yu (), was the admitted leader of the hijacking plot, and survived by jumping out the emergency exit just before the crash.〔 〕 He was brought to court by the Macau Police, but the Macau court suggested that the prosecution should be brought in Hong Kong instead, since the plane was registered in Hong Kong and most of the passengers were from there. However, the British colonial government in Hong Kong stated that the incident happened over Chinese territory in which the British have no jurisdiction. Since no state claimed authority to try him, Huang was released without trial from Macau prison on 11 June 1951, and was then deported to China (by then the People's Republic of China).〔 == See also == *List of sole survivors of aviation accidents or incidents *1933 Imperial Airways Diksmuide crash, the first act of in-flight airline sabotage 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miss Macao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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