ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330659
| Date: | Thursday 9 December 1971 |
| Time: | 12:25 |
| Type: |  Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. HAL-748-224 Srs. 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-DXG |
| MSN: | 512 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 31 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Cumbum -
 India
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Trivandrum Airport (TRV/VOTV) |
| Madurai Airport (IXM/VOMD) |
The aircraft strayed off course and collided with a hill in the Meghamalai hills, at an altitude of 5200 feet, 29 miles left off its desired track.
Sources:
Civil aircraft accidents 1971 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
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