1947 Korangi Creek crash

1947 Korangi Creek crash
Accident summary
Date	27 December 1947
Site	Korangi Creek. Pakistan
Passengers	19
Crew	4
Fatalities	23 (all)
Survivors	0
Aircraft type	Douglas DC-3
Operator	Air India
Registration	VT-AUG
Flight origin	Karachi International Airport, Pakistan
Destination	Bombay Santacruz Airport, India

The Korangi Creek crash took place when an Air India flight from Karachi to Bombay crashed shortly after takeoff. All 19 passengers and 4 crew members were killed.^[1] Poor visibility and malfunctioning instrument in the cockpit led the pilots to lose control. The Douglas DC-3 aircraft was damaged beyond repair. This was the first airline fatality in Pakistan after its independence in 1947.

References

↑ "VT-AUG accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

External links

Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network

Aviation accidents and incidents in Pakistan

Korangi Creek crash (1947) PIA Flight 17 (1966) PIA Flight 631 (1972) Pan Am Flight 73 (1986) C-130 Hercules (1988) PIA Flight 404 (1989) PIA Flight 268 (1992) PIA Flight 544 (1998) Atlantique incident (1999) PIA Flight 688 (2006) Airblue Flight 202 (July, 2010) Beechcraft 1900 crash (5 Nov, 2010) Sun Way Flight 4412 (28 Nov, 2010) Bhoja Air Flight 213 (2012) Mil Mi-17 crash (2015)

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