ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 328511
Date: | Saturday 1 September 1979 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-26 |
Owner/operator: | Lao Aviation |
Registration: | RDPL-34037 |
MSN: | 2505 |
Year of manufacture: | 1974 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 74 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Ban Mai -
Thailand
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
Departure airport: | Hanoi-Noi Bai International Airport (HAN/VVNB) |
Destination airport: | Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT) |
Narrative:The Antonov An-26 departed Hanoi for a flight to Vientiane. On board were 62 girl students and 6 parents returning from the Soviet Union. Near Vientiane the crew became lost in a heavy rainstorm. The plane entered Thai airspace and circled the village of Ban Mai four times before the pilots were forced to land in a corn field due to fuel exhaustion. The exact extent of damage is unknown.
Sources:
Soviet Transports Bangkok Post
MacAlan Thompson
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31 January 1980 |
RDPL-34037 |
Lao Aviation |
0 |
Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE) |
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