Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 16 AUG 1954 |
| Type: | Bristol 170 Freighter 21E |
| Operator: | Air Vietnam |
| Registration: | F-VNAI |
| C/n / msn: | 12809 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 46 / Occupants: 51 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 47 / Occupants: 55 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Pakse (Laos)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Hanoi (unknown airport), Vietnam |
| Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
The Bristol was evacuating people from the Red River delta to Saigon when it crashed into the tributary of the Mekong River while approaching Pakse for an emergency landing due to engine problems.
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 60)
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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.
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