ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335396
| Date: | Saturday 14 March 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Convair CV-240-7 |
| Owner/operator: | Orient Airways |
| Registration: | AP-AEG |
| MSN: | 82 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1949 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | S of Kalahasahar -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD) |
| Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport (DAC/VGTJ) |
Crashed into a mountain on a flight from Delhi to Dhaka. The pilot had descended in poor visibility in order to ascertain his position.
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 56)
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