Descripción:
Crashed into mountain while operating on a logistics flight.
» The Bulletin - Sep 6, 1966
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | martes 6 septiembre 1966 |
| Tipo: |  Lockheed C-130E Hercules |
| Operador: | United States Air Force - USAF |
| Registración: | 63-7878 |
| Numéro de série: | 3949 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1964 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 8 / Ocupantes: 8 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 16 km (10 milles) SE of Chai-I ( Taiwan)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Militar |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS), Vietnam |
| Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base (RMQ/RCMQ), Taiwan |
Crashed into mountain while operating on a logistics flight.
Fuentes:
» Vietnam Air Losses : United States Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps fixed-wing aircraft losses in Southeast Asia 1961-1973 / Chris Hobson» The Bulletin - Sep 6, 1966
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base as the crow flies is 2090 km (1306 miles).
Distance from Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Taichung-Ching Chuan Kang Air Base as the crow flies is 2090 km (1306 miles).
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