Accident description
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| Status: | |
| Date: | 03 NOV 1950 |
| Time: | 09:43 |
| Type: | Lockheed L-749 Constellation |
| Operator: | Air-India |
| Registration: | VT-CQP |
| C/n / msn: | 2506 |
| First flight: | 1948 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 40 / Occupants: 40 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 48 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mont Blanc (France)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Cairo (unknown airport), Egypt |
| Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG), Switzerland | |
| Flightnumber: | 245 |
Air-India flight 245 departed Bombay on a flight to London with several intermediate stops. While descending towards Geneva, the airplane flew into the side of Mont Blanc at an elevation of 15.000 feet.
The wreckage was located November 5.
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Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 51)
Statistics
6th loss of a Lockheed L-749
2nd worst accident involving a Lockheed L-749 (at the time)
3rd worst accident involving a Lockheed L-749 (currently)
The worst accident in France (at the time)
13th worst accident in France (currently) » figures explained
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.
2nd worst accident involving a Lockheed L-749 (at the time)
3rd worst accident involving a Lockheed L-749 (currently)
The worst accident in France (at the time)
13th worst accident in France (currently) » figures explained
