Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 18 JUN 1944 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47 |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corp. |
| Registration: | 71 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 4 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Kweilin (China) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kunming Airport (KMG/ZPPP), China |
| Chongqing Airport (CKG/ZUCK), China |
Poor weather at Chongqing forced the captain to divert to Kweilin, which also closed. After holding there, fuel exhaustion forced the pilots to descend. The Dakota crashed into a mountain.
Sources:
» CNAC.org
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kunming Airport to Chongqing Airport as the crow flies is 647 km (405 miles).
Distance from Kunming Airport to Chongqing Airport as the crow flies is 647 km (405 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
