Air India Flight 403
Encyclopedia
Air India Flight 403 was a scheduled Air India
passenger flight that crashed at Sahar International Airport in Bombay, India
on the 21 June 1982.
(registered VT-DJJ) called Gouri Shankar coming from Kuala Lumpur International Airport
via Madras (now Chennai
) crashed at after a heavy landing during a rainstorm. The fuselage exploded after starting a late go-around. 90 occupants were on the aircraft. 2 of 12 crew members and 15 of 99 passengers were killed in the crash.
Air India
Air India is the flag carrier airline of India. It is part of the government of India owned Air India Limited . The airline operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft serving Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. Its corporate office is located at the Air India Building at Nariman...
passenger flight that crashed at Sahar International Airport in Bombay, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
on the 21 June 1982.
Accident
On 21 June 1982 Air India Flight 403, a Boeing 707-437Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is a four-engine narrow-body commercial passenger jet airliner developed by Boeing in the early 1950s. Its name is most commonly pronounced as "Seven Oh Seven". The first airline to operate the 707 was Pan American World Airways, inaugurating the type's first commercial flight on...
(registered VT-DJJ) called Gouri Shankar coming from Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport
Kuala Lumpur International Airport , or KLIA serves the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, and is one of Southeast Asia's largest airports. It is also Malaysia's main international airport. It is situated in the Sepang district, in the south of the state of Selangor, about from Kuala Lumpur...
via Madras (now Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
) crashed at after a heavy landing during a rainstorm. The fuselage exploded after starting a late go-around. 90 occupants were on the aircraft. 2 of 12 crew members and 15 of 99 passengers were killed in the crash.
Passengers
The flight consisted of 12 crew and 99 passengers, of which 2 crew and 15 passengers died.Statistics
- 87th loss of a Boeing 707
- 27th deadliest accident involving a Boeing 707 (at the time)
- 37th deadliest accident involving a Boeing 707 (currently)
- 27th deadliest accident in India (at the time)
- 38th deadliest accident in India (currently)