Status: | |
Date: | Friday 11 October 1974 |
Type: | Fairchild C-123K Provider |
Operator: | Khmer Air Force |
Registration: | 690 |
MSN: | 20139 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Svay Rieng province ( Cambodia)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Shot down by Communist rebels using a Russian-made rocket, killing two of the occupants.
Sources:
» The Straits Times 13 October 1974, p1
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Khmer Air Force C-123Ks / by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
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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.