Non hull-loss description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 05 SEP 1973 |
| Type: | Boeing 727-121C |
| Operator: | Air Vietnam |
| Registration: | XV-NJC |
| C/n / msn: | 19819/516 |
| First flight: | 1968-01-04 (5 years 8 months) |
| Engines: | 3 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | near Bangkok (Thailand) |
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thailand |
| Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
A bomb exploded in galley en route from Bangkok to Saigon. The Boeing 727 returned safely to Bangkok.
Sources:
» Thai Aviation History website
» Flight International 20-9-1973
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Map
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 Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport to Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport as the crow flies is 737 km (461 miles).
Distance from Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport to Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport as the crow flies is 737 km (461 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.
