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Date: | Sunday 15 September 1974 |
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Type: | Boeing 727-121C |
Owner/operator: | Air Vietnam |
Registration: | XV-NJC |
MSN: | 19819/516 |
Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 75 / Occupants: 75 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | UI |
Location: | near Phan Rang Air Base (PHA) -
Vietnam
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Da Nang Airport (DAD/VVDN) |
Destination airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
Narrative:The aircraft departed Danang at 02:12 and was cruising at FL260 when the cockpit crew informed Saigon ACC at 02:30 that a hijacker armed with 2 hand grenades demanded to be flown to Hanoi. For some reason it was attempted to fly to Phan Rang. On final approach, the aircraft overshot the base leg and initiated a left turn, during which the aircraft lost control. The Boeing crashed and burst into flames.
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Images:
photo (c) Mel Lawrence; Manila-Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL); August 1968
photo (c) Reinhard Schmidt, via Werner Fischdick; ?; February 1970
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