Narrative:
The airplane overran runway 27 at Mumbai during landing and sustained serious damage to the fuselage. The disabled airplane was finally removed on October 13, after blocking the main runway for several days.
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Sunday 9 October 2005 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-4Q8 |
| Operator: | Air Sahara |
| Registration: | VT-SID |
| MSN: | 24705/1971 |
| First flight: | 1990-12-10 (14 years 10 months) |
| Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-3C1 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 117 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM) ( India)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Calcutta-Netaji Subhas Chandra Airport (CCU/VECC), India |
| Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB), India | |
| Flightnumber: | 117 |
The airplane overran runway 27 at Mumbai during landing and sustained serious damage to the fuselage. The disabled airplane was finally removed on October 13, after blocking the main runway for several days.
Classification:
Runway excursion
Sources:
» Plane skids off runway - Two hurt on Calcutta-mumbai flight (The Telegraph, 10-10-2005)Photos
Aircraft history
| date | registration | operator | remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 DEC 1990 | 9M-MJC | Malaysian | |
| 26 FEB 1994 | TC-AFY | Pegasus Airlines | |
| N621LF | ILFC | ||
| 17 OCT 1994 | VT-SID | Air Sahara | leased |
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 Calcutta-Netaji Subhas Chandra Airport to Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport as the crow flies is 1656 km (1035 miles).
Distance from Calcutta-Netaji Subhas Chandra Airport to Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport as the crow flies is 1656 km (1035 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.
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