Estado: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Fecha: | miércoles 11 septiembre 1963 |
Hora: | 04:00 |
Tipo: | Vickers 768D Viscount |
Operador: | Indian Airlines |
Registración: | VT-DIO |
Numéro de série: | 192 |
Año de Construcción: | 1957 |
Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 13 / Ocupantes: 13 |
Total: | Fatalidades: 18 / Ocupantes: 18 |
Daños en la Aeronave: | Destruido |
Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Ubicación: | 51 km (31.9 milles) S of Agra ( India)
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Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
Aeropuerto de Salida: | Nagpur-Sonegaon Airport (NAG/VANP), India |
Aeropuerto de Llegada: | Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL/VIDP), India |
Descripción:The Viscount went into a steep dive and crashed into a field. The plane was operating on the night air mail service Madras-Nagpur-Delhi.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The probable cause of this accident could not be determined."
Fuentes:
» ICAO Accident Digest No.15 - Volume II, Circular 78-AN/66 (196-200)
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Map
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 Nagpur-Sonegaon Airport to Delhi-Palam Airport as the crow flies is 849 km (531 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.
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.