Accident description
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 07 OCT 1944 |
| Type: | Douglas C-47 |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corp. |
| Registration: | 101 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 32 km (20 mls) W of Sadiya (India) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Dinjan Airport, India |
| Suifu, China |
As the aircraft flew through a severe thunderstorm, both wings separated from the fuselage, causing the Dakota to crash in the jungle north of the Bramaputra River.
Sources:
» CNAC.org
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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.
