- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | December 17, 1978 |
Time: | ? |
Location: | Hyderabad, India |
Operator: | Indian Airlines |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | ? |
AC Type: | Boeing B-737-2A8 |
Registration: | VT-EAL |
cn / ln: | 20485/277 |
Aboard: | 132 (passengers:126 crew:6) |
Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:1 crew:0) |
Ground: | 3 |
Summary: | Couldn't climb on takeoff due to non-availability of leading edge slats, overran the runway and killed one passenger and 3 maintenance workers on the ground cutting grass. Nonavailability of leading edge devices immediately after rotation during take off. |
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