| Date: | Saturday 12 January 1991 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Tupolev Tu-134AK |
| Owner/operator: | Vietnam Airlines |
| Registration: | VN-A126 |
| MSN: | 60435 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1978 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 79 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ho Chi Minh City-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN) -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD) |
| Ho Chi Minh City-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
At 30 feet agl the Tupolev suddenly lost height and landed hard, left main gear first.
The aircraft sustained irreparable damage.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
Air International
Scramble Vol.13, nr.03
Location
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Bangkok International Airport (BKK); November 1990
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