Narrative:
The Yak-40 was carrying a Vietnamese military delegation from Vientiane to Xiang Khoang in Laos, when it crashed into a jungle during a heavy rainstorm.
» Flight International 03-09 June 1998 (12)
» Soviet Transports
» Reuters
» South China Morning Post 2 June 1998
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 25 May 1998 |
| Time: | 10:20 |
| Type: |  Yakovlev Yak-40 |
| Operator: | Lao Aviation |
| Registration: | RDPL-34001 |
| MSN: | 9840559 ? |
| First flight: | 1974 |
| Engines: | 3 Ivchenko AI-25 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Long Tieng, Xiangkhouang ( Laos)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT), Laos |
| Phonesavanh Airport (VLPV), Laos |
The Yak-40 was carrying a Vietnamese military delegation from Vientiane to Xiang Khoang in Laos, when it crashed into a jungle during a heavy rainstorm.
Sources:
» Scramble 230» Flight International 03-09 June 1998 (12)
» Soviet Transports
» Reuters
» South China Morning Post 2 June 1998
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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 Vientiane-Wattay Airport to Phonesavanh Airport as the crow flies is 176 km (110 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Vientiane-Wattay Airport to Phonesavanh Airport as the crow flies is 176 km (110 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Yakovlev Yak-40
- 1136 built
- 91st loss
- 43rd fatal accident
- 15th worst accident (at the time)
- 17th worst accident (currently)
Laos- 5th worst accident (at the time)
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