Date:	Thursday 9 December 1971
Time:	12:25
Type:	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. HAL-748-224 Srs. 2
Owner/operator:	Indian Airlines
Registration:	VT-DXG
MSN:	512
Year of manufacture:	1968
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 31
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	near Cumbum -   India
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Trivandrum Airport (TRV/VOTV)
Destination airport:	Madurai Airport (IXM/VOMD)

Narrative:
The aircraft strayed off course and collided with a hill in the Meghamalai hills, at an altitude of 5200 feet, 29 miles left off its desired track.

Civil aircraft accidents 1971 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD

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