Cika wannan jumla:
Faduwar Saigon da mamayewar Arewacin Vietnam a Kudancin Vietnam, Air Viet Nam ta yanke shawarar taimakawa da taimakawa duk 'yan Kudancin Vietnam su tsere zuwa kasashen makwabta. Yawancin matukan jirgin da ma'aikatan jirgin sun yi aiki na sa'o'i da yawa suna jigilar 'yan Kudancin Vietnam zuwa Thailand, Taiwan, Philippines, da sauran ƙasashen kudu maso gabashin Asiya don tserewa sojojin Arewacin Vietnam masu mamayewa. Wani jirgin Boeing 707 ya tashi zuwa Taipei don amfani da tsohon Shugaba Nguyen Van Thieu da matarsa, kuma an yi ƙaura da ma'aikatansa na kusa a cikin jirgin jigilar C-118 na CIA. An ba Thieu ladabi sau ɗaya a cikin gudun hijira na jirgin Boeing yayin da ya fara daga Taiwan, sannan Ingila, kafin ya tashi zuwa Amurka inda aka mayar da shi zuwa Pan Am daga inda aka yi hayar.