YA-BAG — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

November 21, 1959Accident
The aircraft was performing a flight from London to Kabul with several intermediate stops. The stopover at Beirut was longer than expected because few technical issues were noted after the airplane landed from Frankfurt. The departure from Beirut was postponed for 20 hours.
Douglas DC-4 · 24 fatalities
The accident was attributed to a combination of: - A navigational error in that the pilot did not right turn out as early as he should have, either because he forgot or because he was distracted by some unusual occurrence, - A fire indication (or possibly a fire) in the number one engine which induced the pilot to start fire emergency action with a… Full accident record