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February 3 – American Airlines Flight 320, a Lockheed L-188 Super Electra, crashed into the East River, New York City, as a result of pilot error; 65 passengers and crew are killed. February 3 – Pan Am Flight 115 , a Boeing 707 with 119 people on board experienced an unplanned emergency descent from 35,000 ft to 6,000 ft.
The airline was founded in 1956 and later established as a state-owned enterprise in April 1989. Vietnam Airlines is headquartered in Long Biên district, Hanoi, with hubs at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi and Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.
January 1, 2007 - Adam Air Flight 574, a Boeing 737-4Q8 operated by Adam Air breaks up in mid-air and crashes into the sea due to pilot error, killing all 102 on board. February 21, 2007 - Adam Air Flight 172, a Boeing 737-33A operated by Adam Air lands hard and suffers structural damage. No one is killed.
17 February 1988: A Tupolev Tu-134A, registration VN-A108 (built in 1976), crashed at Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi, Vietnam. [ 7] 12 January 1991: A Tupolev Tu-134, registration VN-A126, with 76 passengers on board crashed on final approach to Ho Chi Minh City. At 30 feet (9.1 meters) the Tupolev suddenly lost height and landed hard ...
The first Douglas DC-8-63F, registered as N779FT, was delivered to the airline on June 26, 1968, and the other eighteen followed until 1972. [6] In 1974, the airline took delivery of its first Boeing 747. The Flying Tiger Line then put in orders for brand-new Boeing 747-200F freighters designated the Boeing 747-249F, which at the time were ...
Survivors. 1. Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 was a scheduled Vietnam Airlines flight which crashed on final approach to Pochentong International Airport in Cambodia on 3 September 1997. The Soviet -built Tupolev Tu-134B-3 airliner crashed approximately 800 metres (2,600 ft; 870 yd) short of the Phnom Penh runway, killing 65 of the 66 people on board.
Vietnam Airlines: VIET NAM Vietnam TMB Volato: Tombo United States KWA Vozdushnaya Academy: VOZAIR Kazakhstan NN MOV VIM Airlines: MOV AIR Russia MVY VIM-Aviaservice: Russia 2R Via Rail Canada: Canada ENV Victoria Aviation: ENDEAVOUR United Kingdom VCT Viscount Air Service: VISCOUNT AIR United States SSI Vision Airlines: SUPER JET Nigeria FXF ...
A Southwest Airlines pilot made an emotional landing at Dallas Love Field Airport Thursday morning. ... He was called to serve in the 602nd Tactical Fighter Squadron during the Vietnam War in 1966 ...