VT-DXG — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

December 9, 1971AccidentHull loss
While cruising in marginal weather conditions from Trivandrum to Madurai at an altitude of 5,200 feet, the airplane struck the slope of a mountain located in the Megamalai Mountain Range, some 90 km southwest of Madurai Airport. The wreckage was found southeast of Cumbum.
Hindustan Aeronautics HAL-748 · 21 fatalities
It was determined that the aircraft was off course to the north by 46 km at the time of the accident, probably due to a navigation error on part of the flying crew who misinterpreted some instruments settings. Full accident record