Colombo – Calcutta

On September 24, 1931 at 12:00 AM, Colombo – Calcutta experienced a crash involving Junkers F.13, operated by Hans Bertram, with the event recorded near Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh.

The flight was categorized as private and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew departed Colombo on a flight to Calcutta. En route, he encountered poor weather conditions with heavy monsoon rain falls. The crew decided to ditch the aircraft off Visakhapatnam. The aircraft sank and all three crew members were rescued by the crew of the British steamer 'Clan Macgillivary'. Crew: Hans Bertram, pilot, Mr. Schonger, Mr. Klausmann, mechanic.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-2151, MSN 2042, year of manufacture 1930.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 17.7422°, 83.2431°.