ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335302
| Date: | Thursday 30 July 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | State of Vietnam |
| Registration: | F-VNAD |
| MSN: | 9339 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport (VVGL) |
An explosion occurred on the aircraft shortly before take-off from Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport with 20 soldiers aboard. The aircraft burnt out. Sabotage was suspected.
Sources:
The Douglas DC-1/DC-2/DC-3 - the first seventy years / J.M. Gradidge
La Nación (Santiago) 2 August 1953, p15
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