Air India Plane Crash Mont Blanc

Air india flight 245 was a scheduled air india passenger flight that crashed into mont blanc france on the morning of 3 november 1950.

Air india plane crash mont blanc. The accident was caused by a misunderstood verbal instruction from the radar controller to the pilot in lieu of vor data one of the receivers being out of service. Air india flight 101 was a scheduled air india passenger flight from bombay to london that accidentally flew into mont blanc in france on the morning of 24 january 1966. 1966 air india plane crash.

Notably the air india express flight no ix 334 from dubai with 190 on board overshot the tabletop runway at kozhikode airport while landing in heavy rains and fell into a valley 35 feet below and. The 1966 air india crash is shrouded in mystery not only because global warming has continued to tell its story piece by piece but also because in 1950 air india flight 245 a lockheed l 749a constellation christened malabar princess had crashed at exactly the same spot on mont blanc killing all 48 people on board. Dark areas in snow showing plane wreckage.

The plane operating the flight was a lockheed l 749a constellation named malabar princess registered vt cqp it was piloted by captain alan r. On the morning of january 24 1966 air india flight 101 travelling from bombay to london accidentally crashed into mont blanc. Saint 34 and co pilot v.

Mont blanc camera zooms in to area where the air india boeing 707 plane has crashed. All 106 passengers and 11 crew were killed on the aircraft as it prepared to land at geneva airport in switzerland. Copies of indian newspapers recovered from mont blanc range in france indian newspaper copies with headlines such as india s first woman prime minister referring to.

The aircraft had already made two designated stops at delhi and. On the morning of january 24 1966 air india flight 101 travelling from bombay to london accidentally crashed into mont blanc. It was carrying 40 passengers and 8 crew on a bombay istanbul geneva london.