Détails:
About fifteen minutes after takeoff from Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport, while flying at 15000 feet, an explosion occurred in the galley of the airplane. Two passengers and a stewardess were injured.
The Boeing 727 returned safely to Bangkok.
Initially it was thought a bomb had exploded in the galley. A preliminary investigation by Royal Thai Air Force personnel however showed it was a mechanical defect in a galley broiler that caused the explosion.
» Beaver County Times - Sep 10, 1973
» Thai Aviation History website
» Flight International 20-9-1973
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | mercredi 5 septembre 1973 |
| Heure: | 17:10 |
| Type/Sous-type: |  Boeing 727-121C |
| Compagnie: | Air Vietnam |
| Immatriculation: | XV-NJC |
| Numéro de série: | 19819/516 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1968-01-04 (5 years 8 months) |
| Moteurs: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 8 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 54 |
| Total: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 62 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Substantiels |
| Conséquences: | Repaired |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Bangkok ( Thaïlande)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Intern. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thaïlande |
| Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
About fifteen minutes after takeoff from Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport, while flying at 15000 feet, an explosion occurred in the galley of the airplane. Two passengers and a stewardess were injured.
The Boeing 727 returned safely to Bangkok.
Initially it was thought a bomb had exploded in the galley. A preliminary investigation by Royal Thai Air Force personnel however showed it was a mechanical defect in a galley broiler that caused the explosion.
Sources:
» The Telegraph - Sep 5, 1973» Beaver County Times - Sep 10, 1973
» Thai Aviation History website
» Flight International 20-9-1973
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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 Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport et Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport est de 737 km (461 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
La distance entre Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport et Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport est de 737 km (461 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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