Last updated: 19 April 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Tuesday 28 May 1968 |
| Time: | 02:44 |
| Type: |  Convair CV-990-30A-5 Coronado |
| Operator: | Garuda Indonesia Airways |
| Registration: | PK-GJA |
| C/n / msn: | 30-10-3 |
| First flight: | |
| Engines: | 4 General Electric CJ805-23 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 14 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 29 / Occupants: 29 |
| Ground casualties: | Fatalities: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 37 km (23.1 mls) N of Mumbai Airport (BOM) ( India)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB), India |
| Karachi International Airport (KHI/OPKC), Pakistan |
A Convair CV-990 passenger plane, registration PK-GJA, was destroyed in an accident near Bombay Airport (BOM), India. All 29 on board, 15 passengers and 14 crew members, were killed. Several villagers at Bilalpada were struck by debris. One of them was killed.
The airplane operated on an international service from Jakarta, Indonesia to Amsterdam (AMS), the Netherlands with en route stops at Bombay, Karachi, Cairo and Rome.
The aircraft crashed in a nearly vertical attitude, some 4,5 minutes after takeoff.
Sources:
» The Indian Express - May 29, 1968Photos
accident date: 28-05-1968
type: Convair CV-990-30A-5
registration: PK-GJA
accident date: 28-05-1968
type: Convair CV-990-30A-5
registration: PK-GJA
accident date: 28-05-1968
type: Convair CV-990-30A-5
registration: PK-GJA
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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 Bombay-Santacruz Airport to Karachi International Airport as the crow flies is 869 km (543 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Bombay-Santacruz Airport to Karachi International Airport as the crow flies is 869 km (543 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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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