| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | September 03, 1997 |
| Time: | 1400 |
| Location: | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| Operator: | Vietnam Airlines |
| Flight #: | 815 |
| Route: | Ho Chi Minh City - Phnom Penh |
| AC Type: | Tupolev TU-134 |
| Registration: | VN-A120 |
| cn / ln: | 66360 |
| Aboard: | 66 (passengers:60 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 65 (passengers:59 crew:6) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The plane was on a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh when it crashed while making an approach to Pochentong International Airport in heavy rain. The plane clipped palm trees and exploded in flames after crashing into a rice paddy, one-half mile from the runway. The only survivor was a one-year-old boy. Pilot error. The captain failed to heed the warnings of the flight engineer and first officer that the plane was flying too low and failed to abort the landing. |
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