Narrative:
The aircraft undershot the Delhi runway and collided with the Middle Marker building.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Deviation from the approved established procedure and failure to exercise adequate monitory control and supervision of the flight and to initiate a timely go-around action. Contributory factors were lack of adequate weather information and optical illusion created by a haze/fog layer upto ca. 200ft above ground level.
» FUS Bericht 2X002-0/73
| Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
| Date: | Thursday 20 December 1973 |
| Time: | 01:03 |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-330B |
| Operator: | Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-ABOT |
| MSN: | 18463/363 |
| First flight: | 1964 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 41731 |
| Engines: | 4 Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3B |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 11 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 98 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 109 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 1 km (0.6 mls) from Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL) ( India)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD), Thailand |
| Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL/VIDP), India | |
| Flightnumber: | LH645 |
The aircraft undershot the Delhi runway and collided with the Middle Marker building.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: Deviation from the approved established procedure and failure to exercise adequate monitory control and supervision of the flight and to initiate a timely go-around action. Contributory factors were lack of adequate weather information and optical illusion created by a haze/fog layer upto ca. 200ft above ground level.
Classification:
Undershoot/overshoot
Sources:
» Civil aircraft accidents 1973 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD» FUS Bericht 2X002-0/73
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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 Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport to Delhi-Palam Airport as the crow flies is 2905 km (1815 miles).
Distance from Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport to Delhi-Palam Airport as the crow flies is 2905 km (1815 miles).
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