Allahabad – Calcutta

On June 10, 1929 at 12:00 AM, Allahabad – Calcutta experienced a crash involving Fokker F7, operated by Van Lear Black, with the event recorded near Calcutta-Dum Dum West Bengal.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 5 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The aircraft named 'Maryland Free State' departed London on a trip to Tokyo, carrying three passengers and two crew members. Upon landing at Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport, the airplane went out of control and crashed. All five occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. Owner of the aircraft, the American businessman Van Lear Black (also owner of the US newspaper Baltimore Sun) returned to UK by train and ordered a new aircraft to complete his trip from London to Tokyo.

Aircraft reference details include registration G-AADZ, MSN 5105, year of manufacture 1929.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 22.6365°, 88.4145°.