ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed L-749 Constellation VT-CQP Mont Blanc
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Date:Friday 3 November 1950
Time:09:43
Type:Silhouette image of generic CONI model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed L-749 Constellation
Operator:Air-India
Registration: VT-CQP
MSN: 2506
First flight: 1948
Crew:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Passengers:Fatalities: 40 / Occupants: 40
Total:Fatalities: 48 / Occupants: 48
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Mont Blanc (   France)
Crash site elevation: 4572 m (15000 feet) amsl
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Cairo (unknown airport), Egypt
Destination airport:Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG), Switzerland
Flightnumber: 245
Narrative:
Air-India flight 245 departed Bombay on a flight to London with several intermediate stops. While descending towards Geneva, the airplane flew into the side of Mont Blanc at an elevation of 15.000 feet.
The wreckage was located November 5.

Classification:
Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) - Mountain

Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 51)


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