Da Nang Airport

Da Nang Airport ; Sân bay Quốc tế Đà Nẵng
Characteristics
ICAO code	VVDN
IATA code	DAD
Coordinates	16 ° 2 '38 " N , 108 ° 11' 58" E Coordinates: 16 ° 2 '38 " N , 108 ° 11' 58" E
Height above MSL	10 m (33 ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	2 km southeast of Da Nang
Street	Expressway
Basic data
operator	Middle Airports Authority (NAA)
Terminals	1
Passengers	2 million
Runways
17L / 35R	3048 m × 45 m asphalt
17R / 35L	3048 m × 45 m asphalt

The Da Nang Airport ( IATA : DAD, ICAO : VVDN) is Da Nang in central Vietnam and is the third largest airport in the country.

Airlines and Destinations

On March 17, 1953, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-70-DL of the Aigle Azur ( aircraft registration F-BEFG ) from Hue / Phu Bai airport crashed while approaching Da Nang airport in bad weather near the Tien Sha peninsula from. All 8 inmates were killed.

On December 24, 1966, a Canadair CL-44D4-1 of the Flying Tiger Line (N228SW) was flown into a settlement on the approach to Da Nang , killing 111 people, including the four crew members and 107 people on the ground. There were 50 injured. The cause of the accident was that the approach was carried out below the weather minimum, in heavy rain, fog and at night, as a return to another airport was unthinkable due to low fuel reserves (see also flight accident of a Canadair CL-44 in Đà Nẵng 1966 ) .

On September 20, 1969, a Douglas DC-4 from Air Vietnam (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 16, 1970, a Lockheed EC-121K / L-1049 Super Constellation of the US Navy (registration number Bu 145927) crashed on the Da Nang military airfield just before landing. During the approach with a defective engine (out of four) there was a stall . Of the 28 inmates, 23 were killed.

^ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 55 (English), December 1994, pp. 94/112.
^ Accident report DC-3 F-BEFG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 11, 2019.
↑ accident report CL-44 N228SW , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 29 July 2020th
^ Accident report DC-4 XV-NUG , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 11, 2019.
^ Accident report L-1049 Bu 145927 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 23, 2020.