Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 14 MRZ 1953 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Convair CV-240-7 |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Orient Airways |
| Kennzeichen: | AP-AEG |
| Werknummer: | 82 |
| Baujahr: | 1949 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 5 / Insassen: 5 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 11 / Insassen: 11 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 16 / Insassen: 16 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | S of Kalahasahar (Indien) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Internationaler Linienflug |
| Flug von: | Delhi (unknown airport), Indien |
| Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport (DAC/VGTJ), Bangladesh |
Crashed into a mountain on a flight from Delhi to Dhaka. The pilot had descended in poor visibility in order to ascertain his position.
Informationsquelle:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 56)
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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.
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