On March 12, 1975, a commercial Air Vietnam DC-4 (Flight 499) carrying six crew members and twenty passengers took off on a flight from Vientiane, Laos, to Saigon, Vietnam. During the flight, the aircraft's pilot sent a radio transmission to the tower at Pleiku Airport in Vietnam, requesting to make an emergency landing. The aircraft was not heard from following this transmission. The DC-4 crashed due to unknown circumstances near Pleiku, South Vietnam.
Three of its passengers were American civilians who remain unaccounted for following the incident.
Mr. Robert Seidl of Green Bay, WI was one of the 3 civilian passengers aboard the DC-4. His remains have never been recovered.
Three of its passengers were American civilians who remain unaccounted for following the incident.
Mr. Robert Seidl of Green Bay, WI was one of the 3 civilian passengers aboard the DC-4. His remains have never been recovered.
On March 12, 1975, a commercial Air Vietnam DC-4 (Flight 499) carrying six crew members and twenty passengers took off on a flight from Vientiane, Laos, to Saigon, Vietnam. During the flight, the aircraft's pilot sent a radio transmission to the tower at Pleiku Airport in Vietnam, requesting to make an emergency landing. The aircraft was not heard from following this transmission. The DC-4 crashed due to unknown circumstances near Pleiku, South Vietnam.
Three of its passengers were American civilians who remain unaccounted for following the incident.
Mr. Robert Seidl of Green Bay, WI was one of the 3 civilian passengers aboard the DC-4. His remains have never been recovered.
Three of its passengers were American civilians who remain unaccounted for following the incident.
Mr. Robert Seidl of Green Bay, WI was one of the 3 civilian passengers aboard the DC-4. His remains have never been recovered.
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