| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 12, 1953 |
| Time: | 0325 |
| Location: | Nagpur, India |
| Operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | New Delhi - Nagpur - Madras |
| AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
| Registration: | VT-CHF |
| cn / ln: | 11810 |
| Aboard: | 14 (passengers:10 crew:4) |
| Fatalities: | 13 (passengers:10 crew:3) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Shortly after taking off , the aircraft experienced loss of control in too steep a turn. Loss of critical height during a steep left hand turn, with the landing gear down, executed by the pilot at an unsafe altitude in an attempt to return to the aerodrome, after experiencing a temporary loss of power of the left engine soon after becoming airborne. A false right engine fire warning precipitated the attempt at a forced landing. |
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