Accident
Last updated: 20 June 2013
| Estado: | Final |
| Fecha: | 20 DIC 1973 |
| Hora: | 00:33 |
| Tipo: |  Boeing 707-330B |
| Operador: | Lufthansa |
| Registración: | D-ABOT |
| Numéro de série: | 18463/363 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1964 |
| Horas Totales de la Célula: | 41731 |
| Motores: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 11 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 98 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 0 / Ocupantes: 109 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | cerca Delhi (India) |
| Fase: | Aproximación (APR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Internacional Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Tailandia |
| Delhi (unknown airport), India |
The aircraft undershot the Delhi runway and collided with the Middle Marker building.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Deviation from the approved established procedure and failure to exercise adequate monitory control and supervision of the flight and to initiate a timely go-around action. Contributory factors were lack of adequate weather information and optical illusion created by a haze/fog layer upto ca. 200ft above ground level. Fuentes:
» FUS Bericht 2X002-0/73
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