Accidents of Indian Civil Registered Passenger Aircraft Occurred (From 1995 to till date 17.03.2002) | |||||
Date/Location | Aircraft | Operator | Fatalities | Damage to Aircraft | Details/Probable Cause of Accident |
1.7.1995 Baroda | F-27, VT-EWE | East West Airlines | Nil | Substantial | The accident occurred during aircraft touchdown due to liberation of the sliding piston with the wheels of the left main landing gear as a result of failure of the locking arrangement on the piston top end. |
2.12.1995 Delhi | B-737, VT-ECS | Indian Airlines Limited | Nil | Substantial | The accident was caused by the injudicious and imprudent decision of the pilot to hastily complete the flight in the inadequate time available before the notified closure of Delhi airport, unstabilised approach due to his failure to deaccelerate aircraft in time and omission to arm the speed brake before landing. |
18.5.1996 Kanpur | L-410, VT-ETB | Archana Airways | Nil | Substantial | Accident occurred due to late touchdown at higher aircraft touchdown speed as a result of which the aircraft overshot the runway and suffered damage by impact with boundary wall. Wrong selection of runway, overloading of aircraft, non-deployment of spoilers and lower visibility conditions than the required, were the contributory factors. |
11.7.1996 Near Kulu | |||||
30.7.98 Cochin | |||||
17.7.2000 Patna | |||||
2.1.2001 Mussorie | |||||
26.3.2001 Ojhar, Nasik | |||||
8.5.2001 Sessa, Arunachal Pradesh | |||||
13.5.2001 Chittagong, Bangladesh | |||||
7.7.2001 Amarnath, Jammu & Kashmir | |||||
30.9.2001 Manipuri, Uttar Pradesh | |||||
20.9.2001 Trivandrum | |||||
20.1.2002 Manali | |||||
21.2.2002 Indore | |||||
3.3.2002 Kaikalur |