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| Date: | Thursday 14 December 1972 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Ilyushin Il-18D |
| Owner/operator: | Interflug |
| Registration: | DM-STM |
| MSN: | 188010805 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Bombay Juhu airfield -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | |
| VABB | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Landed on the wrong Bombay airfield. Touched down at the small Juhu airstrip instead of the large Santa Cruz Airport. Twenty passengers (12 Bangladesh, eight Germans) and eight crew, including two hostesses on way to Dacca.
Sources:
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19721215-1.2.141
New Straits Times 15 December 1972, p28
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2018 18:42 | TB | Added |
| 08-Dec-2018 18:45 | TB | Updated [Nature, ] |
| 08-Dec-2018 19:03 | TB | Updated [Destination airport, ] |
| 01-Feb-2019 21:15 | TB | Updated [Total occupants, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Dec-2024 09:34 | Anon. | Updated [Source, ] |
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