1950 plane crash of an Air India L-749A Constellation into Mont Blanc, France
Air India Flight 245
VT-CQP, the aircraft involved in the accident, in 1949
Accident
Date
3 November 1950 (1950-11-03)
Summary
Controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) in poor weather
Site
Mont Blanc
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Aircraft name
Malabar Princess
Operator
Air India
Registration
VT-CQP
Flight origin
Sahar International Airport, Bombay, India
1st stopover
Cairo International Airport, Cairo, Egypt
2nd stopover
Cointrin Airport, Geneva, Switzerland
Destination
London Heathrow Airport, London, United Kingdom
Passengers
40
Crew
8
Fatalities
48
Survivors
0
Air India Flight 245 was a scheduled Air India passenger flight from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. On the morning of 3 November 1950, the Lockheed L-749A Constellation serving the flight crashed into Mont Blanc, France, while approaching Geneva. All 48 aboard were killed.
The plane operating the flight was named Malabar Princess, registered VT-CQP. It was piloted by Captain Alan R. Saint, 34, and co-pilot V. Y. Korgaokar and was carrying 40 passengers and 8 crew. While over France, descending towards Geneva Airport, the flight crashed into the French Alps in stormy weather, killing all on board.[1][2][3]
^"MALABAR PRINCESS". Retrieved 17 June 2009.
^"The "Malabar Princess" Catastrophe". Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
^"Accident description". Aviation Safety. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
and 26 Related for: Air India Flight 245 information
AirIndiaFlight245 was a scheduled AirIndia passenger flight from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. On the morning of 3 November 1950, the Lockheed...
Commission of India. The crash occurred just a few hundred feet away from where an AirIndia Lockheed 749 Constellation operating as AirIndiaFlight245 while...
Flight245 may refer to: AirIndiaFlight245, crashed on 3 November 1950 Aeroflot Flight245, crashed on 17 December 1961 This disambiguation page lists...
1950, AirIndiaFlight245, a Lockheed L-749 Constellation (registered VT-CQP, Malabar Princess) carrying forty passengers and eight crew on a flight from...
As of April 2024[update], AirIndia operates a fleet of both narrow-body and wide-body aircraft with a fleet consisting of Airbus A319, A320, A320neo...
killing all 58 on board. 3 November 1950 - AirIndiaFlight245, a Lockheed L-749A Constellation operated by AirIndia crashes in Mont Blanc. All 40 passengers...
extremis. The mountain was the scene of two fatal air crashes; AirIndiaFlight245 in 1950 and AirIndiaFlight 101 in 1966. Both planes were approaching Geneva...
killed. Sixteen years earlier AirIndiaFlight245 had crashed in almost exactly the same spot. January 28 – Lufthansa Flight 005, a Convair 440, stalled...
November - AirIndiaFlight245 crashed near Mont Blanc, France. 13 December - A Douglas DC-3 Dakota flight of AirIndia having a scheduled flight between...
this shortens the driving distance to most destinations. In 1950, AirIndiaFlight245, a Lockheed Constellation, crashed into Mont Blanc while descending...
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KE007/KAL007) was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alaska. On September 1,...
two AirIndia plane crashes. These occurred at almost identical locations high up near the summit of Mont Blanc: one in 1950 (AirIndiaFlight245), and...
an auxiliary air force of the British Empire which honoured India's aviation service during World War II with the prefix Royal. After India gained independence...
Aerial refueling, also referred to as air refueling, in-flight refueling (IFR), air-to-air refueling (AAR), and tanking, is the process of transferring...
January 1888.: 58 The Lockheed Constellation Malabar Princess (AirIndiaFlight245) crashed near the Rocher de la Tournette on November 3, 1950, killing...
– Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs. 1950 – AirIndiaFlight245 crashes into Mont Blanc, while on approach to Geneva Airport, killing...
Sikh militant accused by Indian government of masterminding the 1985 AirIndiaFlight 182 bombing, which killed 329 people. It was the worst single incident...
applications. The hot air balloon is the first successful human-carrying flight technology. The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight in the world was...
passengers and 11 crew on board were killed. On November 3, 1950, AirIndiaFlight245 had crashed in almost exactly the same spot. The jet, en route from...
allowed to operate in India for commercial purposes. The 228 made its public debut in 2020 at the Dubai Airshow. Alliance Air signed an agreement with...
notoriety in June 1985, for killing 329 civilians (mostly Canadians) in AirIndiaFlight 182 in Canada's worst case of mass murder and for the associated 1985...
The 737 MAX suffered two fatal crashes, Lion AirFlight 610 in late 2018 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in early 2019, in which 346 people died. Contributing...
Global Information