Seaboard World Airlines landing at Marble Mountain
- Seaboard World Airlines landing at Marble Mountain
The Seaboard World Airlines landing at Marble Mountain was an incident that took place in Vietnam in summer 1969 (most likely in April). A transoceanic Douglas DC-8 Super 63 full of Vietnam-bound troops erroneously landed at Marble Mountain Air Facility, a helicopter support base with a 1.4 km (4300 ft) dirt runway. Confused by the nighttime illumination, the aircrew had mistaken it for Da Nang Air Base, which had a 3.0 km (10,000 ft) runway. The aircrew made a full-stop landing with no damage or blown tires.
There were 217 American troops on the aircraft, which had originated at March Air Force Base via Honolulu and Guam.
The aircraft was drained of excess fuel and made a short-obstacle takeoff the next day, ferrying the plane to Da Nang.
References
* [http://www.hmm-364.org/sneaked.html "What, This is Not Da Nang?"]
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