ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 334207
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Date: | Wednesday 9 July 1958 |
Time: | |
Type: | Douglas C-47A-75-DL (DC-3) |
Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
Registration: | VT-CYM |
MSN: | 19317 |
Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Dhaka -
Bangladesh
|
Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Cargo |
Departure airport: | Agartala-Singerbhil Airport (IXA/VEAT) |
Destination airport: | Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport (DAC/VGTJ) |
Narrative:After loading cargo, the Douglas C-47A departed Agartala at 07:53 GMT. During the preflight briefing the pilots were told about the Met Aviation Hazard, but no weather deterioration at Dhaka was reported. Last contact with the flight was at 08:05 GMT when entering the Dhaka Control Zone.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Structural failure in the air".
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