Operation Babylift

Name: Operation Babylift
Released: 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 47 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Jimmy Byron, Peter Pasyk, Sarah Slywchuk, Jeanie Calleja, Ann Green

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.