Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 NOV 1945 |
| Time: | ca 02:00 |
| Type: | Douglas C-54G-5-DO |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 45-528 |
| C/n / msn: | 35981 |
| First flight: | 1945 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 40 / Occupants: 40 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 44 |
| Airplane damage: | Destroyed |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Chhukha (Bhutan)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Dibrugarh-Chabua Airport (DIB), India |
| Karachi (unknown airport), Pakistan |
Crashed into a mountain at an elevation of 8000 feet. The pilot decided to take the direct route to Karachi instead of the designated airway.
Events:
Sources:
» USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers--1908 to Present / Joe Baugher
» Military aviation disasters : significant losses since 1908 / D. Gero, 1999
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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