ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179359
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 May 1961 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sikorsky UH-34D |
| Owner/operator: | Air America |
| Registration: | H-G |
| MSN: | 58-1176 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ban Padong -
 Laos
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed in bad weather while trying to land supplies to the besieged Hmong.
Both pilots died. Two other occupants survived injured**.
Sources:
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/winter99-00/art7.html
https://books.google.nl/books?id=OV7XanBoZqwC&pg=PT135&lpg=PT135&dq=hmong+laos+helicopter+crash+1961&source=bl&ots=X5
GwYrVpwi&sig=uMUYAVRczAidf6CJbq4RkW1xY-E&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0CDgQ6AEwA2oVChMIl7-Wr7zlxwIVSpwaCh1xpw7e#v=onepage&q=hmong%20laos%20helicopter%20crash%201961&f=false
La Nacion 1 June 1961, p46**
AIR AMERICA: SIKORSKY UH-34s (1st series) by Dr. Joe F. Leeker
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2015 17:55 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Jan-2017 20:04 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2018 10:34 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Source] |
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