Narrative:
Crashed into a mountain. The airplane operated on a domestic service from Shanghai to Beijing via Qingdao.
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 48)
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 5 January 1947 |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46 Commando |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | XT-T51/121 |
| MSN: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 38 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 43 / Occupants: 43 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | W of Qingdao ( China)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Shanghai (unknown airport), China |
| Qingdao Airport (TAO/ZSQD), China |
Crashed into a mountain. The airplane operated on a domestic service from Shanghai to Beijing via Qingdao.
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Sources:
» cnac.org» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 48)
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