Airplane Filled with Orphans Crashes / Explosive Decompression on Operation Babylift

Black Box Down

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

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🗓️ 11 August 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

A Lockheed C-5A Galaxy is carrying orphans out of Vietnam. Operation Babylift was a military operation during the Vietnam War to evacuate baby orphans and bring them to the United States and other countries. During the first flight of this operation, the airplane suffers an explosive decompression over the ocean. The crew try their best to bring the plane back to the Air Force base located near Saigon, but crash short of the runway. What caused this accident? Find out on this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by ExpressVPN (http://expressvpn.com/BLACKBOXDOWN) Upside (Download the FREE Upside App and use promo code blackbox) and Lectric eBikes (http://lectricebikes.com to get $100 off any eBike purchase) Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly Black Box Down Crash Simulator: https://roosterteeth.com/watch/black-box-down-1 Tales From The Stinky Dragon: https://link.chtbl.com/stinkydragon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Rooster Teeth production.
0:07.5	April 4, 1975.
0:10.0	A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C5A Galaxy with 314 people on board,
0:15.5	many of which are babies, is taking off from Tan-San-Nut Air Base in South Vietnam,
0:20.5	bound for Clark Air Base in the Philippines.
0:23.0	The Vietnam War is in its final days, and the United States has begun a special program
0:27.0	named Operation Baby Lift to evacuate orphans from South Vietnam to the United States,
0:32.5	Australia, France, West Germany, and Canada.
0:35.5	Twelve minutes after takeoff while climbing through 23,000 feet,
0:38.5	the plane suffers from an explosive decompression and declares an emergency.
0:42.5	The plane turns around in a attempt to return to Saigon,
0:45.5	but the crew is having trouble controlling the aircraft.
0:48.0	The plane becomes increasingly difficult to control as time goes on.
0:51.5	What happened to this chicken flight?
0:53.0	Did it manage to return to Saigon?
0:55.0	What caused the explosive decompression?
0:57.0	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
1:03.0	Hello, everyone. Welcome to Black Box Down.
1:05.0	I'm Gus. Hello, Chris. The seat belt light is on.
1:07.5	So sit down, strap up, and let's find out what happened to this flight.
1:10.5	Wow, that was a good little...
1:12.5	That was a suggestion on Instagram from Mike J.
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