Flugunfall 19 OCT 1988 einer Boeing 737-2A8 VT-EAH - Ahmedabad Airport (AMD)
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Status:Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Datum:Mittwoch 19 Oktober 1988
Zeit:06:53
Flugzeugtyp:Silhouette image of generic B732 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Boeing 737-2A8
Fluggesellschaft:Indian Airlines
Kennzeichen: VT-EAH
Werknummer: 20481/271
Baujahr: 1970-11-24 (17 years 11 months)
Betriebsstunden:42750
Anzahl Zyklen der Zelle:47520
Triebwerk: 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A
Besatzung:Todesopfer: 6 / Insassen: 6
Fluggäste:Todesopfer: 127 / Insassen: 129
Gesamt:Todesopfer: 133 / Insassen: 135
Sachschaden: Zerstört
Konsequenzen: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Unfallort:2,54 km (1.6 Meilen) NE of Ahmedabad Airport (AMD) (   Indien)
Flugphase: Annäherung (APR)
Betriebsart:Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug
Flug von:Bombay-Sahar International Airport (BOM/VABB), Indien
Flug nach:Ahmedabad Airport (AMD/VAAH), Indien
Flugnummer:IC113
Unfallbericht:
The Boeing 737-2A8 was operating Indian Airlines flight 113 from Bombay (now known as Mumbai) to Ahmedabad, India. At 06:41 hours, while the aircraft was descending to FL55, the flight was instructed to report over the Ahmedabad VOR. Visibility was reported being 2000 m in haze with calm winds and a QNH of 1010 mb. The flight crew reported overhead the VOR and prepared for a localizer-DME approach to runway 23. Last radio contact with the flight was at 06:50.
It struck trees and a high-tension pylon before crashing into a paddy field, bursting into flames.

Probable Cause:

PROBABLE CAUSE: "Error on the part of pilot-in-command as well as co-pilot due to non adherence to laid down procedures under poor visibility conditions."

Informationsquelle:
» Aviation Week & Space Technology 24 October 1988 (p.32)
» HC orders compensation for 1988 air crash victims (Oineindia News, 14-10-2009)
» Civil aviation aircraft accident summary for the year 1988 (DGAC India)


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Distance from Bombay-Sahar International Airport to Ahmedabad Airport as the crow flies is 442 km (276 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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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