Détails:
The Boeing Stratoliner departed Saigon at 03:40 GMT for an IFR flight to Vientiane. At 04:10 GMT the aircraft returned to Saigon with the no. 4 engine shut down. A runway 25 overshoot was made due to suddenly deteriorating weather (visibility declining from 500-1000 m to 50-80 m). A violent squall blew the plane to the right causing it to strike the ground and crash.
» Boeing S-307/C-75 Stratoliner production list / G. Goodall
accident date: 22-05-1961
type: Boeing S.307 Stratoliner
registration: F-BHHR
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | lundi 22 mai 1961 |
| Heure: | 04:48 UTC |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Boeing S.307 Stratoliner |
| Compagnie: | Aigle Azur Extrême Orient |
| Immatriculation: | F-BHHR |
| Numéro de série: | 1995 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1939-05-19 (22 years ) |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 4 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 24 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 28 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | Saigon-Tan-Son-Nhat Airport (SGN) ( Vietnam)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Charter National |
| Aéroport de départ: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
| Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT), Laos |
The Boeing Stratoliner departed Saigon at 03:40 GMT for an IFR flight to Vientiane. At 04:10 GMT the aircraft returned to Saigon with the no. 4 engine shut down. A runway 25 overshoot was made due to suddenly deteriorating weather (visibility declining from 500-1000 m to 50-80 m). A violent squall blew the plane to the right causing it to strike the ground and crash.
Sources:
» Air Pictorial 2/66 p.56,10/65 p.355» Boeing S-307/C-75 Stratoliner production list / G. Goodall
Photos
accident date: 22-05-1961
type: Boeing S.307 Stratoliner
registration: F-BHHR
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposée destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport et Vientiane-Wattay Airport est de 906 km (566 miles).
La distance entre Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport et Vientiane-Wattay Airport est de 906 km (566 miles).
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