ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) VT-ATU Delhi-Safdarjung Airport
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Status:Information verified through authorities or other official sources.
Date:Thursday 25 February 1954
Time:10:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic DC3 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3)
Operator:Indian Airlines
Registration: VT-ATU
MSN: 20358
First flight: 1944
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92
Crew:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:16 km (10 mls) from Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (   India)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD), India
Destination airport:Delhi-Safdarjung Airport (VIDD), India
Narrative:
Crashed during a test flight to attempt to determine the cause of an earlier DC-3 accident at Nagpur on December 12, 1953

Sources:
» Air Britain Casualty compendium (pt. 58)
» ICAO Circular 39-AN/34 (172)
» The Indian Express - Feb 26, 1954


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