Operation Babylift Crash
In April 1975, with the fall of the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang and Saigon coming under siege, the USAF began to airlift orphans out of Saigon. The first Operation Babylift flight, C5A 80218, crashed killing 138 on board. 175 people survived and 138 people were killed in a crash, including 78 children and 35 Defense Attaché personnel.
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