- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | May 02, 1953 |
Time: | 1635 |
Location: | Near Jalalogori, West Bengal, India |
Operator: | British Overseas Airways |
Flight #: | 783/057 |
Route: | Calcutta - Delhi |
AC Type: | de Havilland DH106 Comet 1 |
Registration: | G-ALYV |
cn / ln: | 06008 |
Aboard: | 43 (passengers:37 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 43 (passengers:37 crew:6) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed 6 minutes after taking off from Dum Dum Airport. The accident occurred during a violent thunderstorm. Wreckage indicated that the aircraft broke up in the air. Failure of both elevator spars caused by a heavy down-load that may have been associated with a pull-up maneuver. Severe gusts encountered in the thundersquall and overcontrolling or loss of control by the pilots when flying through the thunderstorm. The aircraft was nicknamed "York Victor." |
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