| Date: | Tuesday 26 October 1999 |
| Time: | 19:45 |
| Type: |  Airbus A320-231 |
| Owner/operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Registration: | VT-ESL |
| MSN: | 499 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1994 |
| Engine model: | IAE V2500-A1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 92 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial, repaired |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN) -
 Myanmar
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Calcutta-Netaji Subhas Chandra Airport (CCU/VECC) |
| Yangon-Mingaladon Airport (RGN/VYYY) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Landed hard during a rainstorm and veered off the runway, causing the nose gear to collapse; windshear suspected. The airplane was finally repaired in August 2000.
Sources:
Calcutta Online
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 2016 | VT-ESL | Air India | 0 | Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (BOM/VABB) |  |
unk |
| Tire failure | ||||||
| 9 June 2017 | VT-ESL | Air India | 0 | Jammu Airport (IXJ/VIJU) | |
min |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
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