Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 JUN 1979 |
| Type: | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. HAL-748-LFD Srs. 2M |
| Operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | H-2178 |
| C/n / msn: | 572 |
| First flight: | 1978 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 28 / Occupants: 28 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Leh (India)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Leh Airport (IXL/VILH), India |
Crashed near the Karmwal Pass at an altitude of 16.000 feet.
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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.
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