Narrative:
Crashed into a hill in the Hai Van Mountains at 970 m while diverting to Da Nang due to bad weather at Hue.
» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 30 September 1970 |
| Type: |  Douglas DST-318A (DC-3) |
| Operator: | Air Vietnam |
| Registration: | B-305 |
| MSN: | 3251 |
| First flight: | 1940 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 35 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 38 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 17 km (10.6 mls) NW of Da Nang Airport (DAD) ( Vietnam)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport (BMV/VVBM), Vietnam |
| Hue-Phu Bai Airport (HUI/VVPB), Vietnam |
Crashed into a hill in the Hai Van Mountains at 970 m while diverting to Da Nang due to bad weather at Hue.
Sources:
» The Victoria Advocat 3 October 1970, p1» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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Distance from Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport to Hue-Phu Bai Airport as the crow flies is 415 km (260 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
Distance from Buon Me Thuot (Ban Me Thuot)-Phung-Duc Airport to Hue-Phu Bai Airport as the crow flies is 415 km (260 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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