Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.

Lao Airlines Flight 301

2013 aviation accident

Lao Airlines Flight 301 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Vientiane to Pakse, Laos. On 16 October 2013, the ATR 72-600 aircraft operating the flight crashed into the Mekong River near Pakse, killing all 49 people on board. The accident was the first involving an ATR…