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| Date: | Tuesday 29 April 1958 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-749A Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Registration: | PH-LDE |
| MSN: | 2641 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 56 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Karachi -
 Pakistan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | OPKC |
| ORBI | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Approximately 2 hours in flight of flight KL-828, cylinder 1 of engine 1 failed and caused an engine fire. Crew was unable to extinguish the fire. First opportunity to land was Jiwani, Pakistan, however the airport did not have electrical runway lighting. Oil drums were placed alongside the runway and lit. During the first attempt to land the captain rejected the landing for unknown reasons. A second attempt was also unsuccesful, but the fire in the #1 engine was at this time extinghuised. The captain elected to return to Karachi, where an uneventful landing was performed.
Sources:
https://frankenpaul.reislogger.nl/bijna-crash.378873
https://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1958.htm#29.04.1958
https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Constellation&page=1&sortfield=date&cql%5B%5D=%28date+_gte_+%2229-04-1958%22%29&coll=ddd&redirect=true&identifier=ddd:110587226:mpeg21:a0002&resultsidentifier=ddd:110587226:mpeg21:a0002&rowid=10
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2022 17:46 | Edwin | Added |
| 30-Nov-2024 12:31 | Cobar | Updated [Aircraft type, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
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