ASN Aircraft accident Yakovlev Yak-40 RDPL-34001 Long Tieng, Xiangkhouang
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Date:Monday 25 May 1998
Time:10:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic YK40 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Yakovlev Yak-40
Operator:Lao Aviation
Registration: RDPL-34001
MSN: 9840559 ?
First flight: 1974
Engines: 3 Ivchenko AI-25
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22
Total:Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Long Tieng, Xiangkhouang (   Laos)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT), Laos
Destination airport:Phonesavanh Airport (VLPV), Laos
Narrative:
The Yak-40 was carrying a Vietnamese military delegation from Vientiane to Xiang Khoang in Laos, when it crashed into a jungle during a heavy rainstorm.

Sources:
» Scramble 230
» Flight International 03-09 June 1998 (12)
» Soviet Transports
» Reuters
» South China Morning Post 2 June 1998


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Distance from Vientiane-Wattay Airport to Phonesavanh Airport as the crow flies is 176 km (110 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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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Yakovlev Yak-40

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