Status: | |
Date: | Thursday 30 July 1953 |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-20-DL (DC-3) |
Operator: | State of Vietnam |
Registration: | F-VNAD |
MSN: | 9339 |
First flight: | 1943 |
Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport ( Vietnam)
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Phase: | Standing (STD) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport (VVGL), Vietnam |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:An explosion occurred on the aircraft shortly before take-off from Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport with 20 soldiers aboard. The aircraft burnt out. Sabotage was suspected.
Classification:
Damaged on the ground
Sources:
» The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
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La Nación (Santiago) 2 August 1953, p15
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.