Operation Babylift

Name: Operation Babylift
Director: Tim Wolochatiuk
Duration: 47 min
Cast: Jimmy Byron, Peter Pasyk, Sarah Slywchuk, Jeanie Calleja, Ann Green

0h 47m★ —Dir. Tim Wolochatiuk

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.