Lahore – Karachi

On December 12, 1949 at 09:50 PM, Lahore – Karachi experienced a crash involving Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3), operated by Pakistan Airways - Pak Air, with the event recorded near Jungshahi Sindh (<U+0633><U+0646><U+068C> <U+0633><U+0646><U+062F><U+06BE>).

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

26 people were known to be on board, 26 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: 22, passenger fatalities: 22, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew just started the descent by night to Karachi when the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain (1,185 feet high) located about 80 km east of Karachi-Mauripur Airport, near the village of Jungshahi. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 26 occupants were killed. Two days after the tragedy, the Operator's AOC was suspended for an undetermined period of time.

Aircraft reference details include registration AP-ADI, MSN 4841, year of manufacture 1941.