Date: | Tuesday 8 March 1988 |
Time: | |
Type: | Antonov An-12B |
Owner/operator: | Indian Air Force - IAF |
Registration: | L2174 |
MSN: | 6343806 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
Other fatalities: | 8 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Charbatia Air Base -
India
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Phase: | Unknown |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | Charbatia Air Base (VCUT) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:One of the engines caught fire after take-off from Charbatia Air Base, India. The fire was not extinguished due to malfunction of the engine extinguishers. The pilot attempted to return to Charbatia but the fire spread and the aircraft crashed, killing all of the 9 crew and 8 people on the ground.
Sources:
Aviation Letter 257
Scramble Vol. 9, nr. 10 (p. 35)
WarbirdsofIndia.com
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