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| Date: | Tuesday 6 February 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed P-3B Orion |
| Owner/operator: | United States Navy |
| Registration: | 153440 |
| MSN: | 185-5237 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 80 km off Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam [Gulf of Thailand] -
 Pacific Ocean
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | U-Tapao Airport (UTP/VTBU) |
| U-Tapao Airport (UTP/VTBU) |
The Orion was on an antisubmarine patrol mission out of Thailand when it crashed into 100 feet of water off South Vietnam.
Sources:
P-3 Orion Aircraft Location Report (P-3 Orion Research Group - The Netherlands)
US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
US Navy and US Marine Corps Aircraft Serial Numbers and Bureau Numbers--1911 to Present / Joe Baugher
VPNavy.org
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