Accident description
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 FEB 1982 |
| Type: | Fairchild C-119 Packet |
| Operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
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| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 23 / Occupants: 23 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 120 km (75 mls) N of Jammu (India)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Pathankot AB (IXP/VIPK), India |
| Leh Airport (IXL/VILH), India |
Crashed into high ground in poor weather while ferrying supplies from Pathankot Air Base to Leh, India.
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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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