Accident description
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 22 OCT 1952 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47A-15-DK |
| Operator: | Orient Airways |
| Registration: | AP-AAZ |
| C/n / msn: | 12670 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Jamshedpur (India) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
| Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport (DAC/VGTJ), Bangladesh |
Crashed during a forced landing.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Karachi International Airport to Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport as the crow flies is 2339 km (1462 miles).
Distance from Karachi International Airport to Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport as the crow flies is 2339 km (1462 miles).
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.
