Accident
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 05 MAY 1957 |
| Tipo: | Douglas C-47A-90-DL |
| Operador: | Indian Airlines |
| Registración: | VT-AUV |
| Numéro de série: | 20318 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 1 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | Santoshpur village (India) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport (IXS/VEKU), India |
| Calcutta Airport (CCU/VECC), India |
The DC-3 departed Kumbhirgram for a flight to Calcutta. Soon after takeoff the aircraft crashed into the ground. Fire broke out in both engine nacelles, but was extinguished quickly by the heavy rain.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident is attributed to the insufficient altitude at which the aircraft was flown during an attempt to fly through a thunderstorm. Down-draughts and divergent winds encountered, forced the aircraft to the ground." Fuentes:
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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 Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport to Calcutta Airport as the crow flies is 522 km (326 miles).
Distance from Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport to Calcutta Airport as the crow flies is 522 km (326 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.
