Accident
Last updated: 24 May 2013
| Status: | Definitief |
| Datum: | 03 JUL 1997 |
| Tijd: | 03:49 |
| Type: | Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Elbee Airlines |
| Registratie: | VT-SSA |
| Constructienummer: | 10670 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1984 |
| Motoren: | 2 Rolls Royce 552-7R Dart |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 2 / inzittenden: 2 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 2 / inzittenden: 2 |
| Schade: | Afgeschreven |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | nabij Madh Island (India)
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| Fase: | Kruisvlucht (ENR) |
| Soort vlucht: | Vracht |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB), India |
| Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG), India |
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." Bronnen:
» Civil aviation aircraft accident summary for the year 1997 (DGAC India)
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Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport en Bangalore-Hindustan Airport bedraagt 849 km (530 miles).
De afstand tussen Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport en Bangalore-Hindustan Airport bedraagt 849 km (530 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.
