CAMBODIA: VIETNAM AIRLINES PLANE CRASHES NEAR PHNOM PENH KILLING AT LEAST SIXTY PEOPLE

Record ID: 378363

  • Title: CAMBODIA: VIETNAM AIRLINES PLANE CRASHES NEAR PHNOM PENH KILLING AT LEAST SIXTY PEOPLE
  • Date: 3rd September 1997
  • Summary: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (SEPTEMBER 3, 1997) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. LV: SMOKE RISING FROM BURNING WRECK, CROWDS SUROUND PLANE 0.05 2. GV/PAN: BURNING DEBRIS (2 SHOTS) 0.20 3. GV: BODIES IN WRECKAGE AND ON GROUND (3 SHOTS) 0.33 4. GV: EMERGENCY SERVICES WORKING/ CHECKING BODIES (2 SHOTS) 0.52 5. GV/MV/CU: VIEWS OF CRASH SCENE/ BODIES (11 SHOTS) 1.57 6. GV: RESCUERS CARRY STRETCHER THROUGH MUD 2.03 7. GV/CU: RESCUER PICKING OUT IDENTITY CARDS FROM MUD/ PASSPORTS (3 SHOTS) 2.22 8. SV: ONLOOKERS 2.26 9. GV: FURTHER VIEWS OF BODIES AND CRASH SITE (2 SHOTS) 2.35 Initials s.3 - p.3 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 18th September 1997 13:00
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  • Location: NEAR PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA
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  • Country: Cambodia
  • Reuters ID: LVA9HSCAMYDQB6U5D7B22E6ONULO
  • Story Text: INTRO: At least 60 people have died in a plane crash in Cambodia. Most of those on board were foreigners of various nationalities. Officials have said four people survived the crash, near the capital Phnom Penh, of the Vietnam Airlines flight.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------- It is unclear what caused flight VN815, from Ho Chi Minh City, in southern Vietnam, to crash only 300 metres from the runway.

    An official at Phnom Penh's Pochentong airport said the Tupolev Tu-134 was carrying 60 passengers and a crew of six. Vietnam Airlines said in Ho Chi Minh City that there were 67 passengers on board and three crew.

    A baby, a young child and two men appeared to have survived the crash and were taken to hospital in Phnom Penh's city centre.

    Cambodian Secretary of State for Aviation Pok Sam El said apart from the survivors all other passengers had been killed. "They are all dead," he said.

    Most passengers on board the plane were foreigners, including Australians, Japanese, Americans and Canadians. At least nine South Koreans, including six members of a medical team, were amongst them. They came from a teaching hospital in south-west Cholla province, in South Korea.


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