Incident Overview
Date: Friday 26 May 1944
Aircraft Type: Douglas C-47A-45-DL (DC-3)
Owner/operator: China National Aviation Corporation – CNAC
Registration Number: 82
Location: southern Tibet –
ÿ China
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Component Affected: C-47 aircraftC-47 aircraft
Category: Accident
On December 12, 2018, a C-47 transport aircraft carrying 10 CNAC mechanics was lost en route to Dinjan due to exceptionally bad weather conditions ? a strong tailwind and severe static. The aircraft flew east of Dinjan and crashed into the Graveyard of the Himalayas, north of Myanmar, within a 22,000-foot mountain in Tibet. No detailed coordinates were provided.On December 12, 2018, a C-47 transport aircraft carrying 10 CNAC mechanics was lost en route to Dinjan due to exceptionally bad weather conditions ? a strong tailwind and severe static. The aircraft flew east of Dinjan and crashed into the Graveyard of the Himalayas, north of Myanmar, within a 22,000-foot mountain in Tibet. No detailed coordinates were provided.
Description
The CNAC C-47 was transporting 10 CNAC mechanics to Dinjan. Weather en route was extremely bad with a strong tail wind and static so severe that the crew couldn’t get bearings on any radio station. Apparently, they passed east of Dinjan and flew into the Graveyard of the Himalayas, north of Myanmar, where the plane crashed into a 22,000-foot mountain in Tibet. “The Aluminum Trail” by Chick Marrs Quinn wrote that ?the plane was located? but no detailed coordinates were given. Could be in the China-India contested territory currently controlled by India. Two Chinese co-pilots were aboard: Qiufeng LIU, Hanhua LIANG
Source of Information
https://www.cnac.org/accident046.htmhttps://www.cnac.org/accident046.htmPrimary Cause
Extreme weather conditions ? a strong tailwind and severe static ? caused navigational disorientation and led the aircraft to fly east of Dinjan, ultimately resulting in a catastrophic crash into a mountain in Tibet.Extreme weather conditions ? a strong tailwind and severe static ? caused navigational disorientation and led the aircraft to fly east of Dinjan, ultimately resulting in a catastrophic crash into a mountain in Tibet.Share on:
