Accident
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | 28 MAY 1968 |
| Hora: | 02:44 |
| Tipo: | Convair CV-990-30A-5 |
| Operador: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registración: | PK-GJA |
| Numéro de série: | 30-10-3 |
| Año de Construcción: | |
| Motores: | 4 General Electric CJ805-23 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 14 / Ocupantes: 14 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 15 / Ocupantes: 15 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 29 / Ocupantes: 29 |
| Víctimas en Tierra: | Fatalidades: 1 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | 37 km (23.1 milles) N of Mumbai Airport (BOM) (India)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB), India |
| Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistán |
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.
Fuentes:
» The Indian Express - May 29, 1968
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Distance from Bombay-Santacruz Airport to Karachi International Airport as the crow flies is 869 km (543 miles).
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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