ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 335379
| Date: | Tuesday 14 April 1953 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | Airways (India) |
| Registration: | VT-AUJ |
| MSN: | 19149 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 80 km SW of Gauhati -
 India
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Gauhati-Borjhar Airport (GAU/VEGT) |
| Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport (CCU/VECC) |
Disintegrated in midair and crashed in the Khasi hills.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The port wing failed in the air due to an upload as a result of being subjected to loads greater than those for which it was designed."
Sources:
Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 55)
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