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instead. The hijacker realized he had been tricked and detonated explosives in the front part of the aircraft, killing three passengers and injuring several others. The explosion also blew a 2 m × 3 m (6.6 ft × 9.8 ft) hole in the port side of the fuselage and broke
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killing all 27 people on board. The crew, flying VFR in IMC, had gotten lost and flew too low in a mountainous area while attempting to reach Chu Lai, near the crash site. The aircraft was operating a domestic scheduled passenger flight from
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concluded that a defective broiler in the galley caused the explosion. Although the aircraft was repaired and returned to service, it was written off following the hijacking and crash of Flight 706 in 1974.
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and crashed into a field near Da Nang, killing 74 of 75 on board and two people working in the field; the
Phantom was able to land safely. The C-54 was operating on a flight route from Saigon to
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was a flight stewardess before they were married. These celebrities promoted the airline's operation of
Viscounts on the "Green Dragon Route", alternating flights from Saigon to
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