Accident description
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 29 SEP 1986 |
| Type: | Airbus A300B2-1C |
| Operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-ELV |
| C/n / msn: | 022 |
| First flight: | 1976-01-23 (10 years 8 months) |
| Engines: | 2 General Electric CF6-50C |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 185 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 196 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Chennai (Madras) Airport (MAA) (India) |
| Phase: | Takeoff (TOF) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Madras Airport (MAA/VOMM), India |
| Mumbai (Bombay) Airport (BOM/VABB), India | |
| Flightnumber: | 571 |
The co-pilot was carrying out the take-off when the flight crew spotted a large bird on the right side and, when travelling at 150 knots, another large bird on the centreline. The aircraft was rotated to 5-8deg when a loud sound on the right hand side was followed by severe vibration. The captain took over the controls and aborted the take-off. The aircraft couldn't be stopped on the runway and overran.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Wrong decision of the commander to reject the take-off after the aircraft had been rotated for a lift-off, following a loud sound and severe vibrations from right engine due to bird hit." Events:
Sources:
» Aviation Letter 240
» Vogel und Luftverkehr 15-1995 (132)
Photos
D-AIAB was sold back to Airbus in December 1983 and moved to Indian Airlines in May 1986.
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 Madras Airport to Mumbai (Bombay) Airport as the crow flies is 1028 km (643 miles).
Distance from Madras Airport to Mumbai (Bombay) Airport as the crow flies is 1028 km (643 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.
