Colombo – Poona – Bombay – Karachi

On August 4, 1943 at 12:00 AM, Colombo – Poona – Bombay – Karachi experienced a crash involving Stinson Model A, operated by Tata Airlines, with the event recorded near Lonavala Maharashtra.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

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

En route from Poona to Bombay in marginal weather conditions, the three-engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located north of Lonavala. All six occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-AQW, MSN 9113, year of manufacture 1935.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.7540°, 73.4044°.