Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 19 MAR 1973 |
| Time: | 10:00 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54D-15-DC |
| Operator: | Air Vietnam |
| Registration: | XV-NUI |
| C/n / msn: | 22174 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 53 / Occupants: 53 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 58 / Occupants: 58 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 6,5 km (4.1 mls) S of Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport (BMV) (Vietnam)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
| Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport (BMV/VVBM), Vietnam |
Crashed after an explosion in the cargo hold near the main wing spar.
Sources:
» Aircraft hijackings and other criminal acts against civil aviation : statistics and narrative reports / FAA
Sample newspaper article from Newspaperarchive.com
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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 Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport as the crow flies is 259 km (162 miles).
Distance from Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport as the crow flies is 259 km (162 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.
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