| Date: | Friday 11 February 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-54A-DO (DC-4) |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Lao |
| Registration: | XW-TDE |
| MSN: | 3098 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
| Category: | Unlawful Interference |
| Location: | between Savannakhet and Vientiane -
 Laos
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Savannakhet Airport (ZVK/VLSK) |
| Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT) |
The DC-4 went missing on a flight from Saigon to Savannakhet and Vientiane. Last radio contact was with Bangkok Regional Control Center, when the crew reported overhead the SH point at 13:20 at FL100 and estimating Vientiane at 14:22. Reportedly shot down.
Sources:
World Directory of Airliner Crashes
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
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