Crash of a Douglas C-47B-35-DK Dakota IV near Sinhkung: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 29, 1946
Operator:
Registration:
KN644
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
16586/33334
YOM:
1945
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training sortie with paratroopers on board. While flying in a valley in poor weather conditions, the aircraft hit the slope of a mountain and was destroyed. A passenger survived while five other occupants were killed. The aircraft was completing this mission jointly with another RAF C-47 registered KN643 that crashed at the same time and in similar circumstances, killing its eight occupants.
