Date:	Thursday 25 February 1954
Time:	10:30
Type:	Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator:	Indian Airlines
Registration:	VT-ATU
MSN:	20358
Year of manufacture:	1944
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	16 km from Delhi-Safdarjung Airport -   India
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Test
Departure airport:	Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD)
Destination airport:	Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD)
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
Crashed during a test flight to attempt to determine the cause of an earlier DC-3 accident at Nagpur on December 12, 1953

Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 58)
ICAO Circular 39-AN/34 (172)
The Indian Express - Feb 26, 1954

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