Air Vietnam
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| IATA code : | VN |
| ICAO code : | VN |
| Call sign : | AIR VIETNAM |
| Founding: | 1951 |
| Operation stopped: | 1975 |
| Seat: | Saigon , South Vietnam |
| Home airport : | Tan Son Nhat Airport |
| Fleet size: | 18 (February 1975) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Air Vietnam ceased operations in 1975. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Air Vietnam ( Vietnamese Hãng Hàng không Việt Nam ) was the state airline of South Vietnam based in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City ), which existed from 1951 to 1975.
history
The airline was founded under Bảo Đại in 1951 to take over Air France routes in Southeast Asia . After France was defeated in the Indochina War and withdrew more and more from the region as a former colonial power, Air Vietnam became the official airline of the newly founded South Vietnamese state. Also during the Vietnam War transported Air Vietnam millions of passengers, was finally resolved until April 30, 1975 after South Vietnam by North Vietnamese forces were defeated.
fleet
Fleet at the end of operations
In the spring of 1975, Air Vietnam's fleet consisted of 18 aircraft.
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Boeing 707-300 | 1 | |||
| Boeing 727-200 | 1 | |||
| Cessna U206C | 1 | |||
| Douglas DC-3 | 7th | |||
| Douglas DC-4 | 5 | |||
| Sud Aviation Caravelle 6R | 1 | leased from FEAT | ||
| Vickers Viscount 832 | 2 | leased from FEAT | ||
| total | 18th | - |
Previously deployed aircraft
- Bristol 170
- Douglas DC-6
- Lockheed L-749 Constellation (leased from Air France )
Incidents
From the establishment in 1952 to the cessation of operations in 1975, Air Vietnam suffered 16 total write-offs of aircraft. In 12 of them, 425 people were killed. Extracts:
- On August 16, 1954, the pilots of an Air Vietnam Bristol 170 Mk.21E ( aircraft registration F-VNAI ) avoided an emergency landing at Pakse Airport ( Laos ) on their flight from Hanoi to Saigon due to engine problems . On approach, the machine crashed into a tributary of the Mekong . On the flight, family members were evacuated by troops from the Red River area in northern Vietnam; the plane was overloaded. Of the 55 inmates, 47 were killed, 46 passengers and one steward. This was the worst accident involving a Bristol 170.
- On September 20, 1969, an Air Vietnam Douglas DC-4 ( aircraft registration XV-NUG ) was on a scheduled flight from Pleiku approaching Da Nang Airport . It was from the top of a McDonnell F-4 Phantom II of the United States Air Force rammed the back of a combat mission. The line machine crashed into a field. Of the 75 occupants, 74 were killed, all 5 crew members and 69 of the 70 passengers, as well as 2 farmers who worked in a field.
- On March 19, 1973, an Air Vietnam (XV-NUI) Douglas DC-4 coming from Saigon crashed 6.5 kilometers south of it while approaching Buon Ma Thuot Airport . The cause was an explosion in the hold near the main spar. All 58 occupants, 5 crew members and 53 passengers were killed.
- On September 15, 1974, an Air Vietnam (XV-NJC) Boeing 727-121C was hijacked on its flight from Da Nang to Saigon . During the approach to Phan Rang Air Base, which is intended as an alternate airfield, there was a loss of control and a crash on the final approach. All 75 occupants were killed (see also Air Vietnam Flight 706 ) .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/vn1.htm
- ↑ JP airline-fleets 75
- ↑ Accident statistics Air Vietnam , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 4, 2020.
- ↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 60 (English), March 1996, pp. 96/31.
- ^ Accident report Bristol 170 F-VNAI , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 4, 2019.
- ^ Accident report DC-4 XV-NUG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 11, 2019.
- ^ Accident report DC-4 XV-NUI , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 11, 2019.
- ^ Accident report B-727-100 XV-NJC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 2, 2019.