Accident description
Last updated: 22 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 09 AUG 1971 |
| Type: | Vickers 768D Viscount |
| Operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-DIX |
| C/n / msn: | 292 |
| First flight: | 1958 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 23 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 27 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Jaipur-Sanganer Airport (JAI) (India) |
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | ? |
| Jaipur-Sanganer Airport (JAI/VIJP), India |
On the third landing attempt (downwind), the Viscount touched down 1800 feet down the wet runway. The aircraft overran.
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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.
