Air Vietnam Flight 706
| Air Vietnam Flight 706 | |
|---|---|
 A Boeing 727 of Air Vietnam |
|
| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | Loss of control |
| place | Phan Rang – Tháp Chàm, Ninh Thuận , South Vietnam |
| date | 15th September 1974 |
| Fatalities | 75 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 727-121C |
| operator | Air Vietnam |
| Mark | XV-NJC |
| Departure airport | Da Nang Airport , South Vietnam |
| Destination airport | Tan Son Nhat Airport , South Vietnam |
| Passengers | 67 |
| crew | 8th |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
The Air Vietnam flight was a flight of a Boeing 727 of Air Vietnam . The machine crashed on September 15, 1974 near a military airport in Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm, Ninh Thuận .
kidnapping
Le Duc Tan, the perpetrator, was a ranger in the South Vietnamese army who had been demoted from captain to lieutenant shortly before the incident due to the theft of two cars in Da Nang . He passed through security at Da Nang Airport undisturbed before boarding the plane. After taking off, he hijacked the Boeing 727 with the help of two grenades. He requested to be flown to Hanoi in North Vietnam .
For some unknown reason, the plane approached a military airport in Ninh Thuận , but stopped landing. The pilots initiated a left turn. During this maneuver, they lost control of the aircraft, which shortly afterwards crashed from a height of 300 meters.
67 passengers and 8 crew members died, none of the inmates survived.
The exact cause of the crash remained unknown. It is believed that kidnapper Le Duc Tan detonated his grenades after the pilots refused to comply with his demands.
See also
Web links
- Route and dates of flight 706 in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Crash details in the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved May 13, 2018.