Luang Namtha – Sayaboury – Vientiane

On February 24, 1968 at 12:00 AM, Luang Namtha – Sayaboury – Vientiane experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-3, operated by Royal Air Lao, with the event recorded near Ban Napa Oudômxai Province.

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

37 people were known to be on board, 37 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: 34, passenger fatalities: 34, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The airplane was completing a flight from Luang Namtha to Vientiane with an intermediate stop in Sayaboury. On the first leg, the airplane went out of control and crashed on the slope of a mountain located in the region of Ban Napa. The wreckage was found few hours later and all 37 occupants were killed, among them several tourists and two French citizens.

Aircraft reference details include registration XW-TAD.