| Statuts: | Enquête Officielle |
| Date: | 03 JUI 1997 |
| Heure: | 03:49 |
| Type/Sous-type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Compagnie: | Elbee Airlines |
| Immatriculation: | VT-SSA |
| Numéro de série: | 10670 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1984 |
| Moteurs: | 2 Rolls Royce 552-7R Dart |
| Equipage: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 0 / à bord: 0 |
| Total: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | près de Madh Island (Inde)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Aéroport de départ: | Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB), Inde |
| Aéroport de destination: | Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG), Inde |
Détails:The Fokker F-27 cargo plane took off from runway 27 of Mumbai airport at 03:47. After take off the pilot reported to ATC Tower," VSA is turning left Sir, thousand two hundred, we are entering weather otherwise", to which the ATC Tower acknowledged and asked to contact radar. The aircraft on contacting radar controller was asked to establish radial 146, climb level 170 and report passing FL80. The transmission was acknowledged by the aircraft. Thereafter the aircraft plunged into the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai Coast.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Pilot possibly lost control when encountered severe weather conditions soon after take-off and crashed into the Sea."
Sources:
» Civil aviation aircraft accident summary for the year 1997 (DGAC India)
Photos
Plan
Ce plan montre l'aéroport de départ ainsi que la supposé destination du vol. La ligne fixe reliant les deux aéroports n'est pas le plan de vol exact.
La distance entre Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport et Bangalore-Hindustan Airport est de 849 km (530 miles).
Les informations ci-dessus ne représentent pas l'opinion de la 'Flight Safety Foundation' ou de 'Aviation Safety Network' sur les causes de l'accident. Ces informations prélimimaires sont basées sur les faits tels qui sont connus à ce jour.