Vientiane – Saigon

On June 16, 1953 at 12:00 AM, Vientiane – Saigon experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Aigle Azur, with the event recorded near Phou Lassi Mountains Champasak Province.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

34 people were known to be on board, 34 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 29, passenger fatalities: 29, other fatalities: 0.

En route from Vientiane to Saigon, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the Phou Lassi Mountains. As the airplane failed to arrive in Saigon, SAR operations were conducted but the wreckage was found 13 days later only, in an isolated and remote area located about 30 km northwest of Paksé. The aircraft was destroyed and all 34 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BEST, MSN 19100, year of manufacture 1943.