ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335376
| Date: | Thursday 16 April 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Aigle Azur |
| Registration: | F-BESS |
| MSN: | 19498 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 150 km NW of Hanoi -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport (VVGL) |
| Son-La-Na-San Airport (SQH/VVNS) |
The DC-3, on a military charted flight to Na San, lost a wing soon after takeoff and crashed.
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 55)
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