Zhou Enlai He had planned to fly from Beijing to Hong Kong and then on to Jakarta on Kashmir Princess. An emergency appendectomy delayed his arrival in Hong Kong; he left China three days after the crash and flew to Rangoon to meet with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Burmese Prime Minister U Nu. Some historians have argued that Zhou may have known about the assassination plot beforehand and that the premier did not undergo an appendectomy at the time
Home / Questions / In 1955, the Air India plane Kashmir Princess exploded over Pacific Ocean when it was on its way to Hong Kong from Bombay. Which world leader, the first Premier of China was supposed to be on this flight but escaped because his plans changed at the last minute?