Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, Aug 1, 1962 (10 killed)
Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on August 1, 1962 near Tulachan Dhuri, Nepal with 10 fatalities. Cause: Official investigation as summarised by...
- Date: August 1, 1962
- Aircraft: Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)
- Location: Tulachan Dhuri, Nepal
- Fatalities: 10
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Official investigation as summarised by Onlinekhabar: the aircraft veered off course in instrument conditions while trying to climb to visual conditions and struck a mountain.
A Royal Nepal Airlines Douglas C 47 left Kathmandu for New Delhi on 1 August 1962 and drifted north of its route in bad weather. It disappeared and the wreckage was found on a mountain top at 11,200 feet near Tulachan Dhuri eight days later. All ten people on board were killed.