Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Feb 7, 1966 (37 killed), Ban...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on February 7, 1966 near Banihal Jammu and Kashmir, India with 37 fatalities. Cause: Navigational error, according to...
- Date: February 7, 1966
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Banihal Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Fatalities: 37
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Navigational error, according to the inquiry, which considered and rejected a theory that the captain deliberately took a shortcut.
A Fokker F27 200 Friendship, PH SAB, owned by Schreiner Airways and operated by Indian Airlines on a charter contract, was flying from Srinagar to Delhi with stops at Jammu and Amritsar when it crashed on a hilltop in the Pir Panjal range on 7 February 1966. The aircraft had flown about 12 miles west of its proper course over Banihal Pass. All crew and all 33 passengers were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.