Hanoi - Son La

On April 16, 1953 at 12:00 AM, Hanoi - Son La experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Aigle Azur, with the event recorded near Hanoi-Gia Lâm Hà N<U+1ED9>i City District.

The flight was categorized as ambulance and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

30 people were known to be on board, 30 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 27, passenger fatalities: 27, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The aircraft was performing an ambulance flight from Hanoi-Gia Lâm to Son La-Nà S<U+1EA3>n Airport, carrying 27 wounded soldiers and a crew of three. Shortly after takeoff from Gia Lâm Airport, while in initial climb, the airplane banked left and crashed in a huge explosion. All 30 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BESS, MSN 19498, year of manufacture 1944.