VT-CML Douglas
DC-3
(c/n 19868)
VT-CML was civilianized in 1946 to Bharat Airways. With
the establishment of Indian Air-
lines, it was absorbed by that company on 1 August 1953. It then
operated for 15 more years
before being written off when it swung off the runway during a
take off from Pune Lohegaon
Airport on 5 April 1968, (the year the city's name was changed from
Poona). Evidently the
wind had changed resulting in the aircraft attempting a down wind take
off. All 22 occupants
escaped unharmed.