Silchar – Guwahati

On August 29, 1970 at 02:45 PM, Silchar – Guwahati experienced a crash involving Fokker F27 Friendship, operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near Silchar Assam.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a mountains crash site.

39 people were known to be on board, 39 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 5, passengers on board: 34, passenger fatalities: 34, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. After takeoff from Silchar-Kumbhirgram Airport, the captain failed to follow the published departure route. While climbing to an altitude of 5,600 feet, he initiated a right turn in clouds and rain when the airplane struck a mountain located 19 km northeast of the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 39 occupants were killed. Crew: G. C. Dutta, pilot, N. V. S. Reddy, copilot, S. Das Gupta, flight engineer, A. Bhattacharjee, steward, S. B. Chaturvedi, steward.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-DWT, MSN 10336, year of manufacture 1967.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 24.8260°, 92.7974°.