- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 04, 1979 |
Time: | ? |
Location: | Near Panvel, India |
Operator: | Indian Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Pune-Bombay |
AC Type: | Hindustan Aeronautics 748 2-224 |
Registration: | VT-DXJ |
cn / ln: | 515 |
Aboard: | 45 (passengers:40 crew:5) |
Fatalities: | 45 (passengers:40 crew:5) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Crashed into the Kiroli Hills while on approach to Bombay at night. Momentary/intermittent loss of electrical contact in the G/S system of aircraft which gave the pilot an erroneous impression of the interception of the glide slope. |
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