- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 20, 1969
Time: 1600
Location: Near Hoi An, Vietnam
Operator: Air Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Flight #: ?
Route: Pleiku - Da Nang
AC Type: Douglas DC-4 / USAF F-4E
Registration: XV-NUG
cn / ln: 10860
Aboard: 76   (passengers:71  crew:5)
Fatalities: 74   (passengers:69  crew:5)
Ground: 2
Summary: Midair collision. The F-4E landed safely. The DC-4 crashed, killing all seventy-five aboard and two on the ground. Misconstrued instructions on landing by the DC-4.
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