Status: | |
Date: | Tuesday 8 March 1988 |
Type: | Antonov An-12B |
Operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
Registration: | L2174 |
MSN: | 6343806 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | near Charbatia Air Base ( India)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Charbatia Air Base (VCUT), India |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:One of the engines caught fire after take-off from Charbatia Air Base, India. The fire was not extinguished due to malfunction of the engine extinguishers. The pilot attempted to return to Charbatia but the fire spread and the aircraft crashed, killing all of the 9 crew and 8 people on the ground.
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 257
» Scramble Vol. 9, nr. 10 (p. 35)
» WarbirdsofIndia.com
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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.