Ubon Ratchathani - Ubon Ratchathani

On July 30, 1972 at 12:00 AM, Ubon Ratchathani - Ubon Ratchathani experienced a crash involving Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near At Samat Roi Et (<U+0E23><U+0E49><U+0E2D><U+0E22><U+0E40><U+0E2D><U+0E47><U+0E14>).

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 83.3%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The heavy bomber aircraft departed Ubon Ratchathani Airport on a mission over Laos and Vietnam. Few minutes after takeoff, while cruising in stormy weather, the airplane was hit by lightning. Several instruments went out of service and shortly later, the left wing caught fire. The airplane went out of control and entered a dive during which a crew member was able to eject safely. He was later recovered and evacuated. Unfortunately, all five other occupants were killed. Crew: Cpt Thomas W. Reasor, † Cpt Ronald A. Ashe, † Maj James E. Hudelson, † Cpt David J. Price, † Cpt Joseph L. Ruzicka, † M/Sgt Eugene C. Gries.

Aircraft reference details include registration 56-0677, MSN 464048, year of manufacture 1956.