BOAC Flight 783

When

2 May 1953

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

22.79° N, 88.08° E

Description

aviation accident

Deaths

43

1953 aviation accident in India

On 2 May 1953, BOAC Flight 783, a de Havilland Comet jetliner registered G-ALYV and operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation, broke up mid-air and crashed after encountering a severe squall, shortly after taking off from Calcutta, India. All 43 passengers and crew on board were killed.

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