Crash of a Douglas C-54B-1-DC Skymaster in An Lộc: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 28, 1974 at 1500 LT
Registration:
B-1801
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Phnom Penh - Hong Kong
MSN:
10529
YOM:
1945
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
While in cruising altitude on a cargo flight from Phnom Penh to Hong Kong, the airplane was shot down by a surface-to-air missile and crashed near An Lộc. All five occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by ground fire.
