Narrative:
Crashed while evacuating people from Mukden. The aircraft rose to 60 feet after leaving the runway in a snowstorm, nosed down and crashed.
» New York Times January 21, 1948
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 20 January 1948 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46 Commando |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | registration unknown |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 54 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Mukden Airport (SHE) ( China)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Non Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Mukden Airport (SHE/ZYTK), China |
| Beijing-Nanyuan Airport (NAY/ZBNY), China |
Crashed while evacuating people from Mukden. The aircraft rose to 60 feet after leaving the runway in a snowstorm, nosed down and crashed.
Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 49)» New York Times January 21, 1948
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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 Mukden Airport to Beijing-Nanyuan Airport as the crow flies is 637 km (398 miles).
Distance from Mukden Airport to Beijing-Nanyuan Airport as the crow flies is 637 km (398 miles).
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