 An Avro York similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 May 1958 |
| Summary | Engine failure and on-board fire |
| Site | Near Gurgaon, Haryana, India |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Avro York |
| Operator | Dan-Air |
| Registration | G-AMUV |
| Flight origin | Karachi, Pakistan |
| Destination | New Delhi, India |
| Passengers | 0 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 1 |
The 1958 Dan-Air Avro York crash was a fatal accident involving an Avro York cargo aircraft operated by Dan Air Services Limited on a non-scheduled international all-cargo service between Karachi, Pakistan, and New Delhi, India. The aircraft crashed on 25 May 1958 during a forced landing at Gurgaon, Haryana, India, after an engine had caught fire en route from Karachi to Delhi. Four of the five occupants of the aircraft were killed.[1][2][3]
The aircraft[edit | edit source]
The aircraft, operated by Dan Air Services Ltd, was an Avro 685 York (registered in the United Kingdom as G-AMUV) that had its first flight in 1946.[2] The York had been delivered to the Royal Air Force in February 1946, it was withdrawn from use and sold as a civilian aircraft in 1952.
Accident[edit | edit source]
Following the aircraft's departure from Karachi Airport in Pakistan's Sindh province, an in-flight fire developed en route to Delhi. This necessitated an immediate forced landing on rough terrain near Gurgaon in the Indian state of Haryana, resulting in the aircraft's break-up and a post-crash fire.[2] Among the crew of five, the radio operator was the sole survivor. This crash was Dan-Air's first fatal accident.[1]
Cause[edit | edit source]
The subsequent investigation established a mid-air fire as a consequence of an internal failure of the aircraft's no. 1 engine as the accident's probable cause.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Spirit of Dan-Air, Simons, G.M., GMS Enterprises, Peterborough, 1993, pp. 22, 225
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ASN Aircraft accident description Avro 685 York C.1 G-AMUV — Gurgaon, India
- ↑ "gatwick | armstrong whitworth | 1958 | 0769 | Flight Archive". web.archive.org. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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