- | 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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