Jorhat | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

En route, crew encountered poor weather conditions with severe icing and strong winds. The aircraft deviated from the prescribed track and in low visibility, hit a mountain slope located in the region of Lhasa, Tibet. SAR operations were suspended after few days as no trace of the aircraft was found. The wreckage was eventually spotted in July 1994 at the altitude of 14,000 feet in a glacier.

Crash of a Consolidated C-87-CF Liberator Express in China: 3 killed

Date & Time: Jan 25, 1944

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Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express

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42-107262

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Jorhat - Yangkai

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The crew was performing a flight from Jorhat, India, to the US Airbase of Yangkai located some 33 miles northeast of Kunming, Yunnan, China. En route, pilots encountered poor weather conditions and in an unclear situation, a crew member was able to bail out before the aircraft crashed in a mountainous region located in the northwest part of China. Three crew were killed while the fourth was rescued.

Crash of a Douglas C-47-DL in Yunnan: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 15, 1943

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3)

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42-32861

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Flight

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Military

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Mountains

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Jorhat - Kunming

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9087

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1943

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Yunnan

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China

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The airplane departed Jorhat Airport on a flight to Kunming. It failed to arrive at destination and is believed to have crashed somewhere in the Hump, maybe in northeast Assam, north of Burma or north of Yunnan. Lost without trace.