Accidents and Incidents
- 2 May 1953: A BOAC de Havilland Comet bound for Delhi crashed after takeoff from Calcutta airport with the loss of 43 lives. Parts of the aircraft were found spread over an area of eight square miles, near Jugalgari, a village some 25 miles north-west of Calcutta, suggesting disintegration before impact with the ground.
- 12 June 1968: a Pan-Am B707-321C approaching Calcutta, during a night visual approach in rain the aircraft first struck a tree 1128m short of the runway then crashed and caught fire. The landing gear was broken off, the fuselage remained largely intact. Of the 10 crew and 53 passengers aboard, 1 crew member and 5 passengers suffered fatal injuries due to the fire.
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