sentences:  This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces.On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the "Kweilin", a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong.15 people died when the "Kweilin", which made an emergency water landing to avoid the attack, was strafed by the Japanese and sunk in a river.