The Col des Nuages derailment was a train derailment that occurred in eastern French Indochina, in modern-day Vietnam, on 24 June 1953, during the First Indochina War. Railway officials announced the day after that "about 100 or more" were killed when a passenger train plunged 50 feet through a sabotaged viaduct. Two locomotives and 18 cars crashed down in a ravine at the Col des Nuages (Pass of the Clouds, known now as the Hai Van Pass), a mountain pass on the route between the ancient Vietnamese capital of Huế and the port of Tourane (Đà Nẵng). The pass had frequently been the scene of attacks by the communist-directed Viet Minh rebels. Officials said that a strong explosive charge detonated just as the train arrived at the viaduct, tumbling a 25-foot span into the ravine. See also Railway accidents in Vietnam References Railway accidents in 1953 Derailments in Vietnam 1953 in Vietnam 1953 disasters in Vietnam History of Da Nang History of Huế Bridge disasters in Vietnam Train wrecks caused by sabotage Bridge disasters caused by warfare First Indochina War Derailments in Asia June 1953 events in Asia