Date: | Wednesday 17 April 2013 |
Time: | 14:35 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
Owner/operator: | Lao Air |
Registration: | RDPL-34180 |
MSN: | 231 |
Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Sam Neua Airport (NEU) -
Laos
|
Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Sam Neua Airport (NEU/VLSN) |
Destination airport: | Vientiane-Wattay Airport (VTE/VLVT) |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 passenger plane sustained substantial damage in a takeoff accident at Sam Neua-Nathong Airport, Laos. Five occupants were hurt.
The airplane took off but failed to clear trees at the end of the runway. It clipped some trees and crashed into a canal about 200 metres from the end of the runway. The left hand wing was sheared off.
Sources:
Vientiane Times Location
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