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| Date: | Sunday 25 June 2000 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8T |
| Owner/operator: | Lao Aviation |
| Registration: | RDPL-34060 |
| MSN: | |
| Year of manufacture: | 1990 |
| Engine model: | Klimov TV2-117 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | N of Long Tieng -
 Laos
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Xaysomboune Special Zone Airport |
| Xien Khouang Province Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flew into high ground in the Phou Phaxay Mountains, 17 miles (28km) from Xieng Khouang Province Airport, in severe storm when it entered a narrow blind valley with a rapidly rising floor. 15 passengers and three crew.
Sources:
1. https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2001/2001
2. http://www.scramble.nl/soviet-database?view=default
Air International November 2000, p271
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jan-2011 11:19 | krasatpi | Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 26-Feb-2011 10:59 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Nov-2017 08:39 | TB | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Oct-2021 19:09 | harro | Updated [Registration, Cn, ] |
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