- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | May 09, 1953 |
Time: | 0128 |
Location: | New Delhi, India |
Operator: | Air India |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Delh - Ahmedabad - Bombay |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration: | VT-AUD |
cn / ln: | 13716 |
Aboard: | 18 (passengers:13 crew:5) |
Fatalities: | 18 (passengers:13 crew:5) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Stalled following takeoff. An error of judgement by the pilot, who executed a steep starboard turn. He could not come out of the overbanked turn in time because of the low altitude. Inexperience of the pilot with the type of the aircraft which he was flying. |
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