- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: May 15, 1958
Time: 2018
Location: New Delhi, India
Operator: Pakistan International Airlines
Flight #: 205
Route: Dehli - Karachi
AC Type: Convair CV-240-7
Registration: AP-AEH
cn / ln: 052
Aboard: 38   (passengers:32  crew:6)
Fatalities: 21   (passengers:17  crew:4)
Ground: 2
Summary: Crashed shortly after taking off. Improper observation and interpretation of instruments. The captain did not properly observe and interpret his flight instruments and thus inadvertently permitted the aircraft to descend to the ground immediately after a night takeoff during which no visual reference was possible.
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