All but two of the 44 persons aboard a U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-123K Provider transport were killed when the airplane struck a 2700 feet ridge in a jungle during its flight from Phan Rang to the Cam Ranh airport Aviation Safety Network The five member crew and 27 of the passengers were American servicemen, and the other 12 passengers were South Vietnamese; the incident was the third in two days (and the second involving the C-123K transport) involving a U.S. military airplane. "