Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 · Phnom Penh International Airport

On September 3, 1997, Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Phnom Penh International Airport). 64 people died.

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Date
September 3, 1997
Place
Phnom Penh International Airport
Operator
Vietnam Airlines
Killed
64
Position
11.550°N, 104.850°E
Wikidata ID
Q846291

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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-134 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. Upon investigation, the crash was determined to have been the result of improper actions by the pilot.

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