Narrative:
Shot down by a missile while on a flight to Savannakhet with 12,000 pounds of general cargo. Both pilots were missing, one kicker was killed when he jumped without a parachute; the other kicker parachuted from the aircraft and survived.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Friday 9 February 1973 |
| Time: | 07:32 |
| Type: |  Fairchild C-123K Provider |
| Operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | 374 |
| MSN: | 20258 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Thakhet East ( Laos)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT), Laos |
| Savannakhet Airport (ZVK/VLSK), Laos |
Shot down by a missile while on a flight to Savannakhet with 12,000 pounds of general cargo. Both pilots were missing, one kicker was killed when he jumped without a parachute; the other kicker parachuted from the aircraft and survived.
Sources:
» The aircraft of Air America / by Dr. Joe F. LeekerPhotos
Map
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 Vientiane-Wattay Airport to Savannakhet Airport as the crow flies is 281 km (175 miles).
Distance from Vientiane-Wattay Airport to Savannakhet Airport as the crow flies is 281 km (175 miles).
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