Date:	Monday 25 May 1998
Time:	10:20
Type:	Yakovlev Yak-40
Owner/operator:	Lao Aviation
Registration:	RDPL-34001
MSN:	9840559 ?
Year of manufacture:	1974
Engine model:	Ivchenko AI-25
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 26 / Occupants: 26
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Long Tieng, Xiangkhouang -   Laos
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT)
Destination airport:	Phonesavanh Airport (VLPV)

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.

Scramble 230
Flight International 03-09 June 1998 (12)
Soviet Transports
Reuters
South China Morning Post 2 June 1998

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