| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | July 12, 1949 |
| Time: | 03:50Z |
| Location: | Near Bombay, India |
| Operator: | KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Delhi - Bombay |
| AC Type: | Lockheed L-749-79-33 Constellation |
| Registration: | PH-TDF |
| cn / ln: | 2558 |
| Aboard: | 45 (passengers:34 crew:11) |
| Fatalities: | 45 (passengers:34 crew:11) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | While circling in a blinding monsoon rainstorm, the aircraft crashed into 674 ft. high Ghatkopar hill, 3 miles ENE of the airport. Crew error. Pilots decision to land in weather below prescribed minimums in an area he was not familiar with. |
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