Accident
Last updated: 20 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 14 MAR 1953 |
| Tipo: | Convair CV-240-7 |
| Operador: | Orient Airways |
| Registración: | AP-AEG |
| Numéro de série: | 82 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1949 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 5 / Ocupantes: 5 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 11 / Ocupantes: 11 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 16 / Ocupantes: 16 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | S of Kalahasahar (India) |
| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Delhi (unknown airport), India |
| 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.
Fuentes:
» 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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Convair CV-240
India- 7th worst accident (a la hora)
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