Narrative:
The French Boeing SA.307 Stratoliner was operated on behalf of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam (ICSC). On board were four French crew members and nine international delegation members of the ICSC.
The flight departed Vientiane-Wattay Airport in Laos at 15:05 hours. The crew contacted Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport in Vietnam at 15:20, giving its estimated time of arrival as 16:44 hours. This was the last radio contact.
French and Canadian forces searched for the plane over Laotian territory but were refused to search over North Vietnam. North Vietnamese authorities reported that they did not find the plane.
A study by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1996 concluded that the aircraft most likely crashed due to inadvertent or deliberate anti-aircraft fire by a North Vietnamese military unit.
Loss of control
» Air Pictorial 2/66 p.56
» Stephen Wynn
» Boeing S-307/C-75 Stratoliner production list / G. Goodall
accident date: 18-10-1965
type: Boeing SA.307 Stratoliner B-1
registration: F-BELV
| Status: | |
| Date: | Monday 18 October 1965 |
| Type: | Boeing S.307B-1 Stratoliner |
| Operating for: | International Commission for Supervision and Control |
| Leased from: | Compagnie Internationale de Transports Civil Aériens |
| Registration: | F-BELV |
| MSN: | 1996 |
| First flight: | 1939 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | near Hanoi ( Vietnam)
|
| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Int'l Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT), Laos |
| Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport (VVGL), Vietnam |
The French Boeing SA.307 Stratoliner was operated on behalf of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam (ICSC). On board were four French crew members and nine international delegation members of the ICSC.
The flight departed Vientiane-Wattay Airport in Laos at 15:05 hours. The crew contacted Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport in Vietnam at 15:20, giving its estimated time of arrival as 16:44 hours. This was the last radio contact.
French and Canadian forces searched for the plane over Laotian territory but were refused to search over North Vietnam. North Vietnamese authorities reported that they did not find the plane.
A study by the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1996 concluded that the aircraft most likely crashed due to inadvertent or deliberate anti-aircraft fire by a North Vietnamese military unit.
Classification:
Loss of control
Sources:
» Canadian Peacekeepers in Indochina 1954-1973: Recollections / edited by Arthur E. Blanchette» Air Pictorial 2/66 p.56
» Stephen Wynn
» Boeing S-307/C-75 Stratoliner production list / G. Goodall
Photos
accident date: 18-10-1965
type: Boeing SA.307 Stratoliner B-1
registration: F-BELV
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Vientiane-Wattay Airport to Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport as the crow flies is 483 km (302 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Vientiane-Wattay Airport to Hanoi-Gia Lam Airport as the crow flies is 483 km (302 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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Boeing S.307
- 10 built
- 5th loss
- 3rd fatal accident
- 2nd worst accident (at the time)
- 3rd worst accident (currently)
Vietnam- 12th worst accident (at the time)
- 44th worst accident (currently)
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