Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
Status:
Datum:28 MAI 1968
Zeit:02:44
Flugzeugtyp:Convair CV-990-30A-5
Fluggesellschaft:Garuda Indonesia Airways
Kennzeichen: PK-GJA
Werknummer: 30-10-3
Baujahr:
Triebwerk: 4 General Electric CJ805-23
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 14 / Insassen: 14
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 15 / Insassen: 15
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 29 / Insassen: 29
Opfer am Boden:Todesopfer: 1
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:37 km (23.1 Meilen) N of Mumbai Airport (BOM) (Indien) show on map
Flugphase: Während des Fluges (ENR)
Betriebsart:Internationaler Linienflug
Flug von:Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB), Indien
Flug nach:Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan
Unfallbericht:
A Convair CV-990 passenger plane, registration PK-GJA, was destroyed in an accident near Bombay Airport (BOM), India. All 29 on board, 15 passengers and 14 crew members, were killed. Several villagers at Villal Pada were struck by debris. One of them was killed.
The airplane operated on an international service from Jakarta, Indonesia to Amsterdam (AMS), the Netherlands with en route stops at Bombay, Karachi, Cairo and Rome.
The aircraft crashed in a nearly vertical attitude, some 4,5 minutes after take-off.


Informationsquelle:
» The Indian Express - May 29, 1968

Fotos
photo of Convair CV-990-30A-5 PK-GJA
 

Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Bombay-Santacruz Airport to Karachi International Airport as the crow flies is 869 km (543 miles).

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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