Date:	Saturday 29 August 1970
Time:	14:45
Type:	Fokker F-27 Friendship 400
Owner/operator:	Indian Airlines
Registration:	VT-DWT
MSN:	10336
Year of manufacture:	1967
Total airframe hrs:	6271 hours
Cycles:	5243 flights
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 39
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	19 km from Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport (IXS) -   India
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport (IXS/VEKU)
Destination airport:	Gauhati-Borjhar Airport (GAU/VEGT)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The F-27 struck a 1500 m high mountain shortly after takeoff from Silchar.
The airplane operated on a flight from Imphal to Calcutta with intermediate stops at Silchar and Guwahati.

PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot didn't climb overhead Silchar to the minimum sector altitude, but continued directly to Guwahati.

Civil aircraft accidents 1970 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
Willem Wendt
The Indian Express - 30 August 1970

photo (c) Dipalay Dey; 19 km from Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport (IXS); 03 April 2018

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