Silchar – Agartala – Calcutta

On April 21, 1969 at 08:30 PM, Silchar – Agartala – Calcutta experienced a crash involving Fokker F27 Friendship, operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near Khulna West Bengal.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

44 people were known to be on board, 44 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 40, passenger fatalities: 40, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. While descending to Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions over the border with Bangladesh when control was lost. The airplane crashed in an open field located in Khulna, some 55 km southeast of Dum Dum Airport and was destroyed upon impact. All 44 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-DOJ, MSN 10214, year of manufacture 1962.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 22.5565°, 88.3559°.