- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: October 19, 1988
Time: 0700
Location: Near Ahmedabad, India
Operator: Indian Airlines
Flight #: 113
Route: Bombay - Ahmadabad
AC Type: Boeing B-737-2A8
Registration: VT-EAH
cn / ln: 20481/271
Aboard: 129   (passengers:124  crew:5)
Fatalities: 124   (passengers:119  crew:5)
Ground: 0
Summary: The plane hit an electrical mast, 5 miles short of runway during an approach in fog and burst into flames. Error on the part of pilot-in-command as well as co-pilot due to non adherence to procedures under poor visibility conditions.
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