Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 MAR 1948 |
| Type: | Vickers 604 Viking 1B |
| Operator: | Indian National Airways |
| Registration: | VT-CEL |
| C/n / msn: | 166 |
| First flight: | 1947 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Monte Cardo (France)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Roma (unknown airport), Italy |
| London (unknown airport), United Kingdom |
Flew into the east side of Monte Cardo at an altitude of 2400m. Visibility was poor at the time of the accident.
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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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