Date: | Saturday 29 August 1970 |
Time: | 14:45 |
Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 400 |
Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
Registration: | VT-DWT |
MSN: | 10336 |
Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
Total airframe hrs: | 6271 hours |
Cycles: | 5243 flights |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 39 / Occupants: 39 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | 19 km from Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport (IXS) -
India
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport (IXS/VEKU) |
Destination airport: | Gauhati-Borjhar Airport (GAU/VEGT) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The F-27 struck a 1500 m high mountain shortly after takeoff from Silchar.
The airplane operated on a flight from Imphal to Calcutta with intermediate stops at Silchar and Guwahati.
PROBABLE CAUSE: The pilot didn't climb overhead Silchar to the minimum sector altitude, but continued directly to Guwahati.
Sources:
Civil aircraft accidents 1970 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
Willem Wendt
The Indian Express - 30 August 1970 Location
Images:
![](/photos/wiki/1970/19700829_F27_VT-DWT_13092.jpg)
photo (c) Dipalay Dey; 19 km from Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport (IXS); 03 April 2018
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