Crash of a Douglas DC-3-196A near Yanchi: 32 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 9, 1943
Registration:
URSS-N
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Alma Ata – Tihwa – Hami
MSN:
2043
YOM:
1938
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
28
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
32
Circumstances:
En route from Tihwa (now Urumqi) to Hami, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with low clouds and severe icing conditions. While cruising below minima weather conditions, the aircraft encountered strong downstream in the region of the Chigi-Chinze Pass. It went out of control and crashed at an altitude of some 2,000 meters about 20 km northeast of Yanchi. The wreckage was found six days later, on June 15. All 32 occupants, among them 26 Chinese citizens, were killed.
