Jorhat - Taksing - Jorhat

On January 3, 1960 at 10:40 AM, Jorhat - Taksing - Jorhat experienced a crash involving Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3), operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near Taksing Arunachal Pradesh.

The flight was categorized as supply and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

9 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 8, crew fatalities: 8, passengers on board: 1, passenger fatalities: 1, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew left Jorhat on a supply mission to Taksing, Arunachal Pradesh. Following a navigation error, the aircraft went into a narrow valley and the captain, not familiarized with the region, made a turn to leave the area when the airplane stalled and crashed in a mountainous terrain. The aircraft was destroyed and all nine occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-CGG, MSN 12821, year of manufacture 1944.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.4345°, 93.2039°.