Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-10-CU Commando near Bannak: 11 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 25, 1974
Registration:
XW-PKJ
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Battambang - Phnom Penh
MSN:
26493
YOM:
1943
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
8
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
11
Circumstances:
En route from Battambang to Phnom Penh, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in an isolated area. SAR operations were abandoned after few days as no trace of the aircraft nor the 11 occupants was found. The wreckage was eventually located by walkers few years later in the region of Bannak.
