Accident
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Datum: | 24 MRZ 1958 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | Douglas C-47A-85-DL |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Indian Airlines |
| Kennzeichen: | VT-CYN |
| Werknummer: | 19988 |
| Baujahr: | 1944 |
| Triebwerk: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 4 / Insassen: 4 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 16 / Insassen: 16 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 20 / Insassen: 20 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | nahe Kathmandu (Nepal) |
| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Außerplanmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | ? |
| Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT), Nepal |
Due to a navigational error the DC-3 entered a wrong valley while on its way to Kathmandu. While manoeuvring to make a turn the aircraft stalled and crashed.
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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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Douglas DC-3
- 2018th loss
- ca 13.000 built
- 115th worst accident (Zu diesem Zeitpunkt)
- 189th worst accident (Momentan)
Nepal- worst accident (Zu diesem Zeitpunkt)
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