Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 17 DEC 1971 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47 |
| Operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | BJ662 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Machuka (India) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| ? |
Accident during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
Sources:
» BAAA-ACRO
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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.
