- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | May 15, 1956 |
Time: | ? |
Location: | Kathmandu, Nepal |
Operator: | Indian Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Shimla - Kathmandu |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-3 |
Registration: | VT-DBA |
cn / ln: | 13165 |
Aboard: | 31 (passengers:28 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 14 (passengers:14 crew:0) |
Ground: | 1 |
Summary: | The aircraft touched down at an excessive speed, bounced and stalled. Go-around power was applied, but the remaining runway length was insufficient and the plane overran the end of the runway and went down a steep slope and crashed. |
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