Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) crash, May 19, 1978 (8 killed)

Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) accident on May 19, 1978 near Badkhalsa Haryana, India with 8 fatalities.

A Douglas C-47 (DC-3) of the Indian Government, registered VT-DEU, was flying a calibration mission for the Indian Civil Aviation Authority from New Delhi Palam. After an engine failure at low altitude it crashed in flames about 40 km north of Palam Airport, killing all eight aboard.

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