ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 219859
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Date: | Monday 4 March 1974 |
Time: | |
Type: | North American T-28B Trojan |
Owner/operator: | Khmer Air Force |
Registration: | 0-53647 |
MSN: | BuA 153647 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Pochentong Airport -
Cambodia
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The aircraft crashed at the Phnom Penh end of the airport and just outside the perimeter. The aircraft narrowly missed a crowded market area nearby. The pilot was killed instantly and the child of an Air Force groundsman died. The child's mother was also injured. The aircraft was reportedly also carrying four cannisters of napalm when it crashed.
Sources:
British Pathe
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/VLVA12SRVFGOSCEJBRKN63V3P74TG-KHMER-REPUBLIC-BOMBER-CRASHES-NEAR-PHNOM-PENH/query/Crash Revision history:
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