Vietnam Airlines Flight 474
.jpg) Sister-ship to the accident aircraft, retired to a park in Ho Chi Minh City | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 November 1992 |
| Summary | CFIT |
| Site | Near Son Trung, Vietnam |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Yakovlev Yak-40 |
| Operator | Vietnam Airlines |
| Registration | VN-A449 |
| Flight origin | Ho Chi Minh City-Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN/VVTS) |
| Destination | Nha Trang Airport (NHA/VVNT) |
| Passengers | 25 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 30 |
| Survivors | 1 |
Vietnam Airlines Flight 474 crashed on approach to Nha Trang Airport on 14 November 1992 during Cyclone Forrest. The aircraft was a Yakovlev Yak-40 registered VN-A449.[1] One passenger survived, while the other 24 passengers and six crew were killed.
Aircraft
The three-engined jet airliner was a Yakovlev Yak-40 built in the Soviet Union in 1976 and registered in Vietnam as VN-A449.
Accident
The aircraft was on a domestic scheduled flight from Tan Son Nhat International Airport to Nha Trang Airport.[1] On approach to Nha Trang Airport it descended below a safe altitude and hit some trees on a ridge, crashed, and was destroyed.[1]
Aftermath
It took rescuers eight days to find the wreckage of the plane but one of the passengers, Annette Herfkens, a Dutch woman, had survived.[2]
On 22 November 1992 a Vietnamese Mil Mi-8 helicopter was sent from Hanoi carrying rescue workers for Vietnam Airlines Flight 474, but it crashed near mountain Ô Kha on the same day. All 7 people aboard were killed.[3]
Almost a year after the accident, family members in the UK demanded an investigation after receiving news that the bodies were returned to the wrong families.[4]
References
- ^ a b c Accident description for VN-A449 at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2 November 2014.
- ^ Bennetto, Jason (1993-08-09). "Inquiry demanded after air crash bodies are sent to wrong families". Independent (London). Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ Những ngày băng rừng tìm máy bay rơi ở thung lũng Ô Kha
- ^ 09 August 1993 article in The Independent