page_title: Air India Flight 245
hierarchical_section_title: Air India Flight 245
caption_attribution_description: English: Air India L-1049G Super Constellation at Prague Airport
context_page_description: Air India Flight 245 was a scheduled Air India passenger flight that crashed into Mont Blanc, France on the morning of 3 November 1950.
  The plane operating the flight was a Lockheed L-749A Constellation named Malabar Princess, registered VT-CQP. It was piloted by Captain Alan R. Saint, 34, and co-pilot V. Y. Korgaokar. It was carrying 40 passengers and 8 crew on a Bombay-Istanbul-Geneva-London route. While over France, descending towards Geneva Airport, the flight crashed into the French Alps, killing all on board.
context_section_description: Air India Flight 245  was a scheduled Air India passenger flight that crashed into Mont Blanc, France on the morning of 3 November 1950.
  The plane operating the flight was a Lockheed L-749A Constellation named Malabar Princess, registered VT-CQP. It was piloted by Captain Alan R. Saint, 34, and co-pilot V. Y. Korgaokar. It was carrying 40 passengers and 8 crew on a Bombay-Istanbul-Geneva-London route. While over France, descending towards Geneva Airport, the flight crashed into the French Alps, killing all on board.
caption: A similar Lockheed Constellation at Prague Airport in 1961
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