What the records say
- When
- 4 Apr 1975
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 10.84° N, 106.70° E
- Description
- U.S. Air Force aircraft crash during Operation Babylift
- Deaths
- 138
- Injured
- 24
1975 Tan Son Nhut Lockheed C-5 crash
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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