Accident description
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| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 06 MAR 2009 |
| Time: | ca 15:30 |
| Type: | National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) Saras |
| Operator: | National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) |
| Registration: | VT-XRM |
| C/n / msn: | SP002 |
| First flight: | 2006 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Bidadi (India)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG), India |
| Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG), India |
The National Aeronautical Laboratories Saras, an Indian designed light civilian transport aircraft registered VT-XRM departed Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR) at 14:55 for an "engine off" test with a crew of three.
The airplane, the second prototype, crashed 31 km WSW of Bangalore-Hindustan Airport.
Sources:
» NAL Saras crashes at Bangalore - crew dead (Bangalore Aviation 6-3-2009)
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 Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG) to Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG) as the crow flies is 0 km (0 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.
Distance from Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG) to Bangalore-Hindustan Airport (BLR/VOBG) as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
