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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM, ON APRIL 4, 1975

No. 221.

404 F.Supp. 478 (1975)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM, ON APRIL 4, 1975.

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

November 5, 1975.

OPINION AND ORDER

PER CURIAM.

A Lockheed C-5A aircraft, owned and operated by the United States Air Force, crashed shortly after takeoff from the Saigon Airport in the closing days of the Vietnam War. The plane, carrying over 300 persons, was evacuating Vietnamese orphans in the so-called "Baby-Lift." One hundred fifty-five people died as a result of the crash.

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