1975 Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident

Wann

4. Apr. 1975

Art

Flugunglück

Koordinaten

10.84° N, 106.70° E

Description

U.S. Air Force aircraft crash during Operation Babylift

Deaths

138

Injured

24

1975 aviation accident in South Vietnam

On 4 April 1975, a Lockheed C-5A Galaxy participating in the first mission of Operation Babylift crashed on approach during an emergency landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. The cause was ascribed to loss of flight control due to explosive decompression and structural failure.

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