| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | miércoles 5 abril 1950 |
| Hora: | ca 04:00 |
| Tipo: |  Douglas C-47A-20-DK (DC-3) |
| Operador: | Deccan Airways |
| Registración: | VT-CJD |
| Numéro de série: | 12826 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1944 |
| Motores: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 3 / Ocupantes: 3 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 3,5 km (2.2 milles) S of Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU) ( India)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Carga |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU/VECC), India |
| Assam, India |
One engine failed soon after takeoff from Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport. The crew was not able to return to the airfield and the airplane crash-landed in a paddy at Hatiara, just south of the airport. A contributory cause was the overloading of the aircraft.
Fuentes:
» The Indian Express - Apr 6, 1950Fotos
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