Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 13 MRT 1975 |
| Type: | Boeing S.307B-1 Stratoliner |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Royal Air Lao |
| Registratie: | XW-TFP |
| Constructienummer: | 1998 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1940 |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 2 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 2 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | at an unknown location (Laos) |
| Fase: | Onbekend (UNK) |
| Soort vlucht: | Vracht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport (HKG/VHHH), Hong Kong |
| Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT), Laos |
An aircraft was reported missing on this date while on a flight from Hong Kong to Vientiane. MacAlan Thompson reported that a Stratoliner was forced to carry out a controlled crash-landing in a river. Captain Jimmy Lieu and the copilot were held prisoner by the communist Pathet Lao for several months then released about May 1975.
Other sources claim Curtiss C-46 XW-PMF (or HS-SKD), c/n reported 22561, was reported missing in the same period on the same flight. Since Stratoliner XW-TFP was seen in the Mekong river, near the Laos-Thailand border in 1986, this is probably the aircraft that "disappeared".
Bronnen:
» AeroTransport Data Bank
» MacAlan Thompson
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport en Vientiane-Wattay Airport bedraagt 1298 km (811 miles).
De afstand tussen Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport en Vientiane-Wattay Airport bedraagt 1298 km (811 miles).
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.
