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We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

  • April 22, 1970Accident

    While in a mission in the A Shau Valley at an altitude of 5,500 feet, the aircraft was hit by enemy fire. An engine was losing oil and the crew decided to return to Huế Airport. Unable to maintain the minimum prescribed altitude, the captain elected to make an emergency landing when the airplane crashed 32 km southwest of Huế. The captain and the flight engineer were killed while seven other occupants were injured. Those killed were: 1st Lt George M. Wall, S/Sgt Michael R. Conner. Probable caus

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