Kammala wannan jumla: Chambers ya bayyana cewa bai sami umarnin hukuma ba don fara aikin, wanda ya fara a ranar 29 ga Afrilu. Maimakon haka, lokacin da Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Mataimakin Shugaban Kudancin Vietnam, ya sauka a kan jirgin sama, Chambers ya fahimci cewa aikin yana gudana. Ba da daɗewa ba jirgin jigilar jirgin ya cika da jirage masu saukar ungulu da ke ɗauke da 'yan gudun hijira daga
faɗuwar Kudancin Vietnam.