Accident
Last updated: 19 June 2013
| Status: | Definitief |
| Datum: | 20 DEC 1973 |
| Tijd: | 00:33 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-330B |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Lufthansa |
| Registratie: | D-ABOT |
| Constructienummer: | 18463/363 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1964 |
| Aantal vlieguren: | 41731 |
| Motoren: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 11 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 98 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 109 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | nabij Delhi (India) |
| Fase: | Nadering (APR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Internationale lijnvlucht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thailand |
| 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. Bronnen:
» FUS Bericht 2X002-0/73
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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.
