Accident | |
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Date | 14 November 1992 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | Near Son Trung, Vietnam 12°04′N 108°59′E / 12.06°N 108.99°E |
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) |
Occupants | 31 |
Passengers | 25 |
Crew | 6 |
Fatalities | 30 |
Injuries | 1 |
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, a three-engined jet airliner built in the Soviet Union in 1976.[1] One passenger survived, while the other 24 passengers and six crew were killed.