Operation Babylift (1975 Tan Son Nhut C-5 accident)
Run Time: 46 mins
Air Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009
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5 Discovery Sky History National Geographic Channel National GeographicSeason 7 - Episode 5
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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.