Status: | |
Date: | Friday 9 December 1949 |
Type: | Curtiss C-46D-20-CU Commando |
Operator: | Civil Air Transport |
Registration: | XT-820 |
MSN: | 22354 |
First flight: | 1945 |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
Total: | Fatalities: 38 / Occupants: 38 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Lanzhou ( China)
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Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | ? |
Destination airport: | ? |
Narrative:Crashed into a mountain. The aircraft operated on a flight from Beijing. Two high ranking officers were on board.
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Combat, 12-12-1949» World Directory of Airliner Crashes
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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.