Douglas C-54 Skymaster crash, Dec 12, 1963 (3 killed), Gh...
Douglas C-54 Skymaster accident on December 12, 1963 near Ghazni Ghazni, Afghanistan with 3 fatalities. Cause: Navigation error caused by a wrong...
- Date: December 12, 1963
- Aircraft: Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Location: Ghazni Ghazni, Afghanistan
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Navigation error caused by a wrong estimate of wind speed and direction, according to the investigation.
A Trans Mediterranean Airways Douglas C 54 on an unscheduled cargo flight from Beirut to Kabul via Kuwait could not land at Kabul in bad weather and was not heard from again. The wreckage was found on 16 August 1964 in the Koh i Safid Mountains west of Ghazni, and all three crew were killed.