Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 21 MAY 1954 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47-DL |
| Operator: | Autrex |
| Registration: | F-BEIP |
| C/n / msn: | 4517 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) SE of Hanoi (Vietnam) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Crashed into the Red River. The DC-3 carried a load of empty oil drums.
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 59)
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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.
