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Vietnam Airlines Flight 815
VN-A120, the aircraft involved in the accident, at Noi Bai International Airport, 6 months before the accident.
Accident
Date
3 September 1997 (1997-09-03)
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error
Site
800 metres (2,600 ft; 870 yd) short of runway 23 of Pochentong International Airport, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 11°32′47″N104°50′38″E / 11.5464°N 104.8440°E / 11.5464; 104.8440
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Tupolev Tu-134B-3
Operator
Vietnam Airlines
IATA flight No.
VN815
ICAO flight No.
HVN815
Call sign
VIETNAM AIRLINES 815
Registration
VN-A120
Flight origin
Tan Son Nhat International Airport, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Destination
Pochentong International Airport, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Occupants
66
Passengers
60
Crew
6
Fatalities
65
Injuries
1
Survivors
1
Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 was a scheduled Vietnam Airlines flight which crashed on final approach to Pochentong International Airport in Cambodia on 3 September 1997. The Soviet-built Tupolev Tu-134B-3 airliner crashed approximately 800 metres (2,600 ft; 870 yd) short of the Phnom Penh runway, killing 65 of the 66 people on board. As of February 2024, it remains the deadliest accident in Cambodian history.[1] Upon investigation, the crash was determined to have been the result of improper actions by the pilot.
As of December 2023, the route between Tan Son Nhat and Phnom Penh has the flight number VN920 and is usually operated with Airbus A321 aircraft.[2] Flight 815 nowadays is designated to a route between Tan Son Nhat and Siem Reap, also operated using Airbus A321 aircraft.[3]
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