Narrative:
On a cargo flight to Australia the aircraft diverted into Karachi on 3 March, 1967, for the failed no 2 engine to be changed and tested, and the aircraft was again readied for flight. At a high cargo loading the aircraft took off and experienced a failure of no 2 engine, followed immediately by an under-performing no 1 engine and, in an attempt to make a safe forced landing, the captain elected to land on the National Highway near the airport. The aircraft struck a railway bridge, lorries and a rickshaw, killing 4 of the 6 crew and several on the ground.
| Status: | |
| Date: | Wednesday 8 March 1967 |
| Type: |  Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair |
| Operator: | Compagnie Air Transport - CAT |
| Registration: | F-BMHU |
| MSN: | 4/10338 |
| First flight: | 1944 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Karachi ( Pakistan)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
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On a cargo flight to Australia the aircraft diverted into Karachi on 3 March, 1967, for the failed no 2 engine to be changed and tested, and the aircraft was again readied for flight. At a high cargo loading the aircraft took off and experienced a failure of no 2 engine, followed immediately by an under-performing no 1 engine and, in an attempt to make a safe forced landing, the captain elected to land on the National Highway near the airport. The aircraft struck a railway bridge, lorries and a rickshaw, killing 4 of the 6 crew and several on the ground.
Classification:
Forced landing outside airport
Sources:
» Air Bridge 2 : the story of the use of the ATL98 Carvair / Paul A Doyle, pub 2000 by Forward Airfield Research Publishing, ISBN 09525 624 72Photos
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