ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33262
Last updated: 19 May 2013
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| Date: | 23-JUN-1980 |
| Time: | 08:10 |
| Type: | Pitts S-2A |
| Operator: | Dehli Flying Club |
| Registration: | VT-EGN |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi -
 India
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Delhi Safdarjang (VIDD) |
Sanjay Gandhi, son of India's then prime minister Indira Gandhi, died in an air crash on June 23, 1980 near Safdarjung Airport in New Delhi. He was flying a new aircraft of the Delhi Flying club, and, while performing a loop over his Office, lost control and crashed.
The only passenger in the plane, Captain Subhas Saxena was also killed in the plane crash. Sanjay Gandhi went up in his Pitts S-2A aerobatic biplane despite an explicit prohibition by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation mere weeks before the crash
Sources:
http://www.indiatimes.com/Prominent-Indians-killed-in-air-crashes/Sanjay-Gandhi/photostory/4966690.cms
http://dgca.nic.in/aircraft/reg-ind.htm (Summary for 1980)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safdarjung_Airport
http://www.searchindia.com/search/indian-politicians-sanjay-gandhi.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Jul-2009 12:37 | Ajai | Updated |
| 09-Oct-2010 12:15 | 120.62.160.2 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 20-Dec-2011 10:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2011 10:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2013 09:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
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