Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, May 24, 1962 (4 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on May 24, 1962 near Rajshahi Rajshahi, Bangladesh with 4 fatalities. Cause: Fatigue failure of one engine forced...
- Date: May 24, 1962
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Rajshahi Rajshahi, Bangladesh
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fatigue failure of one engine forced the crew to continue on the other engine, which then lost power through overheating.
A Darbhanga Aviation Douglas C 47 on a cargo flight crashed in a field short of the runway at Rajshahi on 24 May 1962. An engine had failed on the descent and the aircraft stalled. All four crew members were killed.