Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 25 MAY 1958 |
| Type: | Avro 685 York C.1 |
| Operator: | Dan-Air Services |
| Registration: | G-AMUV |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | 1946 |
| Engines: | 4 Rolls-Royce Merlin |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Gurgaon (India)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
| Delhi (unknown airport), India |
A forced landing due to an in-flight fire was carried out near Gurgaon.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A fire in the air caused by an internal failure of no. 1 engine. During the ensuing forced-landing on rough terrain the aircraft broke up and was consumed by fire." Sources:
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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.
