Incident Overview
Date: Friday 11 October 1974
Aircraft Type: Fairchild C-123K Provider
Owner/operator: Khmer Air Force
Registration Number: 690
Location: Svay Rieng province –
ÿ Cambodia
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants:
Component Affected: Passenger aircraftPassenger aircraft
A Russian-made rocket was used to shoot down a passenger aircraft, resulting in the deaths of two occupants.A Russian-made rocket was used to shoot down a passenger aircraft, resulting in the deaths of two occupants.
Description
Shot down by Communist rebels using a Russian-made rocket, killing two of the occupants.
Source of Information
https://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/hac/cataam/Leeker/aircraft/kc123.pdfhttps://www.utdallas.edu/library/specialcollections/hac/cataam/Leeker/aircraft/kc123.pdfPrimary Cause
Rocket strike by Communist rebels.Rocket strike by Communist rebels.Share on:
