Mayday

Season 7, Episode 5

Episode Title: Operation Babylift (1975 Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident)

Air Date: 2009-12-02

Overview:

Near the close of the Vietnam War, the United States launched Operation Babylift, a mass evacuation of children from war torn Vietnam. On April 4th 1975, the first Babylift flight ended in tragedy when a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy carrying 314 passengers crashed during an emergency landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam killing 138.