Kashmir Princess was a Lockheed L-749A Constellation aircraft owned by Air India which exploded in midair and crashed into the Pacific Ocean on 11 April 1955 while en route from Bombay , India and Hong Kong to Jakarta , Indonesia , carrying delegates to the Bandung Conference . 16 of those on board were killed ; three survived . Investigators believed that the explosion had been caused by a time bomb placed aboard the aircraft by a Kuomintang , also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party , secret agent who was attempting to assassinate Chinese premier Zhou Enlai , who had been scheduled to board the plane to attend the conference but had changed his travel plans at the last minute . Kao , along with British and Chinese agents , probed the circumstances leading to the crash . His work with the Chinese earned him a letter of recommendation from Zhou Enlai
Kashmir Princess
Kashmir Princess
R. N. Kao