- 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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