| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 13 March 1943 |
| Type: |  Douglas C-53 (DC-3) |
| Operator: | China National Aviation Corporation - CNAC |
| Registration: | 49 |
| MSN: | 4853 |
| First flight: | 1942 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Missing |
| Aircraft fate: | Presumed damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Patkai Range ( Myanmar)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield (KMG/ZPPP), China |
| Dinjan Airport, India |
Disappeared while flying a cargo consisting of 110-pound tin bars over the Himalaya Mountains to Dinjan.
Sources:
» CNAC.orgPhotos
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield to Dinjan Airport as the crow flies is 792 km (495 miles).
Distance from Kunming-Wujiaba Airfield to Dinjan Airport as the crow flies is 792 km (495 miles).
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