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Shortly after takeoff from Karachi Airport, while climbing, the aircraft stalled and crashed in the district of Malir. Both pilots were killed.
Crew:
T/Sgt Clarence J. Franczok,
Maj Charles W. Gatschet.

Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando near Karoi: 34 killed

Date & Time: Feb 4, 1945

Type of aircraft:

Curtiss C-46 Commando

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42-107386

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Chabua – Karachi

MSN:

27073

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1944

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While cruising some 55 miles west of Jorhat, the crew experienced technical problems and the aircraft caught fire. Out of control, it crashed on the summit of a mountain at an altitude of 2,000 meters and was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. Only one passenger, T/Sgt Marvin H. Jacobs, survived.
Crew:
Cpt Lawrence C. Archer,
Cpt Kenneth R. Arnette,
Cpl Buster Beck,
1st Lt James W. Brokaw,
S/Sgt Harlan G. Casper,
1st Lt Myron L. Cook,
T/Sgt Allan H. Cousins,
Pvt H. B. Erwin,
T/Sgt Philip Feld,
T/Sgt Robert E. Finks,
1st Lt John A. Flach,
S/Sgt Alva H. Floyd,
Pfc James G. Goodman,
Cpt Thomas J. Harper,
S/Sgt Joseph B. Hewitt Jr.,
S/Sgt Merrill R. Hyde,
T/Sgt Lawrence G. Jacobs,
Sgt Joseph F. Kehrer,
2nd Lt Robert H. Maddox,
Pfc Norman C. Maxfeldt,
1st Lt John F. McDonough Jr.,
S/Sgt David McKissock,
T/Sgt Scott F. Mitchell,
1st Lt Charles B. Moore,
1st Lt Harold B. Morse,
1st Lt Howard S. Pierson,
1st Lt William E. Price,
1st Lt Frederick J. Raubinger,
S/Sgt Ernest B. Schenck,
Cpl Lester F. Sellers,
S/Sgt Forman F. Smith,
F/O Cecil A. Weaver,
1st Lt Louis F. Worland,
1st Lt Marshall Young.

Crash of a Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando off Bahrain: 34 killed

Date & Time: Sep 22, 1944 at 1850 LT

Type of aircraft:

Curtiss C-46 Commando

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42-107360

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Military

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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Habbaniyya – Bahrain – Karachi

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27047

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1944

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The crew was performing a fuel stop in Bahrain on a flight from Habbaniyya to Karachi. After take off, while climbing to a height of some 800 feet, the aircraft banked left and dove into the sea. All 34 occupants were killed.

Crash of a Boeing B-29-15-BW Superfortress near Karachi

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1944

Type of aircraft:

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

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42-6369

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3503

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The crew was performing a ferry flight from the US to Karachi when he encountered dust storm over Pakistan and was forced to abandon the aircraft that crashed 20 miles southeast of Karachi. The aircraft was destroyed as all occupants were rescued.

Crash of a Douglas C-53-DO near Karachi

Date & Time: May 26, 1943

Type of aircraft:

Douglas C-53 Skytrooper (DC-3)

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41-20076

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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Plain, Valley

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4846

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1941

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Crashed in unknown circumstances 32 km east of Karachi. Crew fate unknown.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim I in Karachi: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jul 2, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Bristol 142 Blenheim

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Registration:

L8404

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Military

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Peshawar - Karachi

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On approach to Karachi, the airplane went out of control and crashed. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Mark Walter Howchin Uphill, pilot,
Sgt John D'estreville Lenfestey, observer,
LAC Sidney Alfred Downing, wireless operator.

Crash of a Percival P.3 Gull Six near Karachi: 1 killed

Date & Time: Feb 23, 1939

Type of aircraft:

Percival D.3 Gull Six

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VT-AJD

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Positioning

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Plain, Valley

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Karachi - Lahore

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K.72

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1937

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Few minutes after take off from Karachi Airport, while on a positioning flight to Lahore, the single engine aircraft collided with a Beechcraft E17B Staggerwing also operated by Indian National Airways. Registered VT-AKJ, this second aircraft was carrying a pilot who was approaching Karachi to land at Mauripur Airport. Following the collision, both aircraft dove into the ground and crashed in a field located some 50 km north of Karachi. While the pilot of the Percival, B. D. Sharma, was killed, the pilot of the Beechcraft survived.

Crash of a Caudron C.445 Goéland in Karachi

Date & Time: Oct 26, 1936

Type of aircraft:

Caudron C.440 Goéland

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F-AOMS

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

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Postal (mail)

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Paris – Saigon

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7268.5

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Crashed on landing in unknown circumstances. All three crewmen were unhurt while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth in Bombay

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1935

Type of aircraft:

De Havilland DH.80 Puss Moth

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Registration:

VT-ADN

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Postal (mail)

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Bombay - Karachi

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2176

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1931

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Shortly after takeoff from Bombay-Juhu Airport, the single engine airplane crashed. All three occupants were injured.

Crash of a Farman F.303 in Somiani

Date & Time: Sep 30, 1931

Type of aircraft:

Farman F.303

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F-AJVR

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Paris – Marseille – Algiers – Tunis – Benghazi – Tripoli – Cairo – Basra – Gwadar – Karachi – Agra – Allahabad – Calcutta – Akyab – Yangon – Saigon

MSN:

3/7214

YOM:

1931

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Sonmiani

Baluchestan (بلوچستان)

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Pakistan

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Asia

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En route to Karachi, while flying near Somiani, one of the engine caught fire. The crew attempted an emergency landing when the crashed. All four occupants were slightly injured.

Probable cause:

Engine fire in-flight.