| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | May 05, 1957 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Santoshpur, India |
| Operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Silhcar - Calcutta |
| AC Type: | Douglas C-47A |
| Registration: | VT-AUV |
| cn / ln: | 20318 |
| Aboard: | 3 (passengers:0 crew:3) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The accident is attributed to the insufficient altitude at which the aircraft was flown during an attempt to fly through a thunderstorm. Downdrafts and divergent winds encountered, forced the aircraft to the ground. |
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