Operation Babylift
47 mins
On 4 April 1975, a United States Air Force transport aircraft conducting the inaugural flight of Operation Babylift suffers an explosive decompression when the rear cargo door fails and crashes into a paddy field while attempting an emergency landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam.
Jimmy Byron
Captain Bud Traynor
Peter Pasyk
Co-Pilot Til Harp
Sarah Slywchuk
Linda Adams
Ann Green
American Ambassador Personnel