ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 332554
| Date: | Thursday 16 September 1965 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Air Vietnam |
| Registration: | XV-NIC |
| MSN: | 20301 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1944 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 39 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | 11 km NE of Quang-Ngai -
 Vietnam
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Quang Ngai Airport (XNG) |
| Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
Shot down by Communist ground fire. One passenger initially survived, but died in hospital.
Sources:
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix - September 16, 1965
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