Accidents and Incidents
- 14 January 1945: Curtiss C-46D-5-CU Commando a military aircraft of United States Army Air Force- USAAF Registration 42-101208 crashed while Landing in Agartala, the crew was badly injured but there was'nt any serious casualties, later on the aircraft was written off. (damage beyond repair)
- 30th Dec 1949: Douglas C-54A-DO a cargo aircraft of Bharat Airways flying from Agartala airport to Calcutta airport crashed in Comilla Bangladesh. The aircraft had a techinical problem & had a crash landing in a village with all the 7 crew members died inside after the aircraft exploded which injured many other villagers.
- 9 July 1958: a cargo plane Douglas C-47A-75-DL of Indian Airlines flying from Agartala Airport to Dhaka-Tejgaon Airport crashed near Dhaka Bangladesh all the 3 crew member died on spot. After loading cargo, the Dakota departed Agartala at 07:53 GMT. During the preflight briefing the pilots were told about the Met Aviation Hazard, but no weather deterioration at Dhaka was reported. Last contact with the flight was at 08:05 GMT when entering the Dhaka Control Zone. Later the problem was reported as 'Structural failure in the air'.
- 29 March 1959: A Douglas C-47A of Indian Airlines with 20 passengers & 4 crew members crashed 56 Km west of Silchar causing all 24 casualties. The DC-3 was operating on a flight from Calcutta (CCU) to Imphal (IMF) via Agartala (IXA) and Silchar (IXS). The aircraft took off from Agartala at 10:10 for a 50-minute flight to Silchar. En route weather was poor (thunderstorms in the area southwest of Silchar). The aircraft didn't arrive at its destination and was found to have crashed due to Structural failure occurred
- 21 April 1969: A Fokker F-27 of Indian Airlines tookoff from Agartala Airport with 40 passengers & 4 Crew staffs was about to land in Khulna Airport Bangladesh, strong down currents while approaching Khulna. The crew tried to fly through the thunderstorm at low level but lost control in severe downdrafts & the aircraft crashed near the airport killing all 44 people onboard.
- 7 June 1970: A Fokker F-27 of Indian Airlines flying with 34 passengers & 4 Crew members approaching towards Agartala overran the runway after it Touched down at a higher than normal speed 2775 feet from the threshold and hence the aircraft was totaly damaged however none of the passengers or crew members lost there life. The aeroplane was later written off & sent to repair.
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