Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 SEP 1970 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-3DST-318A |
| Operator: | Air Vietnam |
| Registration: | B-305 |
| C/n / msn: | 3251 |
| First flight: | 1940 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 38 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Da Nang (Vietnam)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport (BMV/VVBM), Vietnam |
| Hue-Phu Bai Airport (HUI/VVPB), Vietnam |
Crashed into a hill at 970m while diverting to Da Nang due to bad weather at Hue.
Sources:
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport to Hue-Phu Bai Airport as the crow flies is 415 km (260 miles).
Distance from Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport to Hue-Phu Bai Airport as the crow flies is 415 km (260 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.
