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The dead orphans were cremated and were interred at the cemetery of the St. Nikolaus Catholic Church in Pattaya, Thailand. [4] The accident would also "stand as the single largest loss of life" in the Defense Intelligence Agency 's history until the September 11 attacks because among the crash fatalities were five DIA employees.
A USAF Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, 68-0218, c/n 500-0021, taking part in Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children from South Vietnam during the Fall of Saigon, experiences an explosive decompression about 40 mi (64 km) outside Saigon when the rear ramp and pressure door blow out, damaging the plane's flight controls.
The aircraft was entirely destroyed. [2] [3] 3 September 1997: Vietnam Airlines Flight 815, a Tupolev Tu-134 (built in 1984), registration VN-A120, crashed on approach to Phnom Penh's Pochentong Airport, killing 65 of the 66 passengers on board. The aircraft was entirely destroyed. The aircraft was flying from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh.
The aircraft was flying US Marines back to Vietnam after a rest and relaxation leave in Hong Kong. 25 August First Curtiss-Wright X-19A prototype, 62-12197 , is destroyed in a crash at the FAA 's National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center , Caldwell , New Jersey, (formerly NAS Atlantic City ), when gearbox fails followed by loss of ...
Investigators head into the debris field at the site of a commercial plane crash near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001. The crash is one of four planes that were hijacked as part of a ...
South Vietnam lost 1,018 aircraft and helicopters from January 1964 to September 1973. [6] 877 Republic of Vietnam aircraft were captured at war's end (1975) [7] Of the 2,750 [8] aircraft and helicopters received by South Vietnam, only about 308 survived (240 flew to Thailand or US warships [9] and 68 returned to the United States [10]).
Disturbing new videos give the clearest view yet of the moment the American Airlines passenger plane and Army helicopter exploded into pieces — sending huge chunks of fiery debris crashing into ...
[1]: 9–11 At the 051 Bunker ( 10°48′27″N 106°38′08″E / 10.8075°N 106.6355°E / 10.8075; 106.6355 ) 200m south of the 051 Gate, the five-man team poured flanking fire onto the VC/PAVN with their M60 machine gun on the sandbagged rooftop and with their rifles, but the VC soon responded with a barrage of RPG-2 and mortar ...