Last updated: 20 October 2021
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| Date: | Friday 22 September 1944 |
| Time: | 15:50 UTC |
| Type: |  Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando |
| Operator: | United States Army Air Force - USAAF |
| Registration: | 42-107360 |
| MSN: | 27047 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 30 / Occupants: 30 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 34 / Occupants: 34 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | off Bahrain ( Bahrain)
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| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Bahrain-Muhurraq RAF Station, Bahrain |
| Karachi (unknown airport), Pakistan |
The C-46A transport plane had arrived at Bahrain from Habbaniya. It refueled and planned to continue to Karachi.
Upon takeoff the airplane reached a height of 800 feet. It then fell off to the left and crashed into the sea.
Sources:
» Aviation Archaeological Investigation and Research (AAIR)» MACR
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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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