ASN Aircraft accident ATR 72-212A (ATR 72-500) VT-DKC Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR)
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Saturday 11 March 2006
Time:10:17
Type:Silhouette image of generic AT75 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
ATR 72-212A (ATR 72-500)
Operator:Air Deccan
Registration: VT-DKC
MSN: 721
First flight: 2005
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127F
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 40
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 44
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR) (   India)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Domestic Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Coimbatore-Peelamedu Airport (CJB/VOCB), India
Destination airport:Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG), India
Flightnumber: 108
Narrative:
The brand new ATR-72 which was delivered just four months ago made a heavy landing at Bangalore (BLR) runway 27.
The fuselage was ferried from Bangalore to Paris-Orly by an Antonov 124 in August, 2006. Airlinair had bought the plane for spares.

Classification:
Heavy landing
Runway mishap

Sources:
» Air Deccan aircraft skids off runway (The Hindu Business Line, 12-3-2006)
» Bangalore airport resumes operation (Deccan Herald, 11-3-2006)


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Distance from Coimbatore-Peelamedu Airport to Bangalore-Hindustan Airport as the crow flies is 223 km (139 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.

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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