Crash of a Stinson Model A near Lonavala: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 4, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
VT-AQW
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Colombo – Poona – Bombay – Karachi
MSN:
9113
YOM:
1935
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
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.
