At that moment the locks on the rear loading ramp failed, causing the cargo door to open explosively. the C-5A was over the South China Sea about 13 nautical miles (24 km) off Vũng Tàu, South Vietnam, flying a heading of 136 degrees and climbing to an altitude of 23,000 ft (7,010 m). This first group of orphans would then transfer to charter flights and be welcomed by President Ford upon arriving in the United States in San Diego, California.
68-0218, making the first flight of Operation Babylift, departed Tan Son Nhut Air Base for Clark Air Base in the Philippines.
On the afternoon of Friday, 4 April 1975, C-5A, AF Ser. Ambassador to South Vietnam Graham Martin authorized Americans to be flown out under several conditions, one of which was Operation Babylift, in which American caregivers were paired with South Vietnamese orphans. President Gerald Ford began instituting the evacuation of American citizens. In early April 1975, with much of South Vietnam overrun by communist North Vietnamese forces, the administration of U.S. military aircraft after the 1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown and Arrow Air Flight 1285. The accident marked the second operational loss and first fatal crash for the C-5 Galaxy fleet, and is the third deadliest accident involving a U.S. The cause was ascribed to loss of flight control due to explosive decompression and structural failure. On 4 April 1975, a Lockheed C-5A Galaxy participating in the first mission of Operation Babylift crashed on approach during an emergency landing at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. Near Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam United States Air Force C-5 Galaxy, similar to the aircraft involvedĮxplosive decompression caused by negligent maintenance
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