" Hardly had the plane got airborne, when a loud explosion was heard and the plane tiled to the left. Col. Habibur Rehman has said that it was a noise like a cannon shot. The propeller and the part engine fell out. Captain Nakamura alias Yamamoto who was watching says immediately on taking off the plane tilted to its left side and I saw something fall down from the plane, which I scene sometime later says that he found the port engine buried in the ground.

"The pilot major and the co pilot made desperate attempts to save the situation but without success. The list could not be rectified within the short height that the plane had gained.

"Witnesses inside the plane have given different estimates of the heights but most of them say that maximum height gained was about 30 metres. Captain alias who had the best view has estimated the height between 30 to 40 meters. Mr. A.M.N. Shastri, an aircraft inspector of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Government of India, has said in answer to a question that considering that the air craft left the ground 50 meters before the end of the runway and started climbing the figure of 30 to 40 meters given by witness Captain Nakamura alias Yamamoto appeared to him to be reasonable. The plane nose-dived making a wailing noise.

"The passengers inside the plane had not even seat-belts and naturally lost their balance. The baggage came tumbling down. Col. Habibur Rehman has said that he was struck in the back by some of the packages. Captain Arai has graphically described his feelings by saying that the earth was rushing towards him. Major Kono had the presence of mind to try and switch off the ignition to prevent the plane from catching fire, but failed to do so as he could not keep his balance. He fell two or three times in the attempt.

"The plane crashed to the ground and immediately caught fire in the front portion. According to Mr. A.M.N. Sastri, it would take only 3 seconds to fall from a height of 50 meters."