| Date: | Monday 22 May 1961 |
| Time: | 04:48 |
| Type: |  Boeing S.307 Stratoliner |
| Owner/operator: | Aigle Azur Extrême Orient |
| Registration: | F-BHHR |
| MSN: | 1995 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1939 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Saigon-Tan-Son-Nhat Airport (SGN) -
 Vietnam
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Saigon-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
| Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT) |
The Boeing Stratoliner departed Saigon at 03:40 GMT for an IFR flight to Vientiane. At 04:10 GMT the aircraft returned to Saigon with the no. 4 engine shut down. A runway 25 overshoot was made due to suddenly deteriorating weather (visibility declining from 500-1000 m to 50-80 m). A violent squall blew the plane to the right causing it to strike the ground and crash.
Sources:
Air Pictorial 2/66 p.56,10/65 p.355
Boeing S-307/C-75 Stratoliner production list / G. Goodall
Images:
photo (c) SDASM Archives
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