ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 33262
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| Date: | Monday 23 June 1980 |
| Time: | 08:10 |
| Type: |  Pitts S-2A |
| Owner/operator: | Delhi Flying Club |
| Registration: | VT-EGN |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi -
 India
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Delhi Safdarjang (VIDD) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Sanjay Gandhi, son of India's then prime minister Indira Gandhi, died in an air crash on June 23, 1980 near Safdarjung Airport in New Delhi. He was flying a new aircraft of the Delhi Flying club, and, while performing a loop over his Office, lost control and crashed.
The only passenger in the plane, Captain Subhas Saxena was also killed in the plane crash. Sanjay Gandhi went up in his Pitts S-2A aerobatic biplane despite an explicit prohibition by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation mere weeks before the crash
Sources:
http://www.indiatimes.com/Prominent-Indians-killed-in-air-crashes/Sanjay-Gandhi/photostory/4966690.cms
http://dgca.nic.in/aircraft/reg-ind.htm (Summary for 1980)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safdarjung_Airport
https://www.searchindia.com/search/indian-politicians-sanjay-gandhi.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 22-Jul-2009 12:37 | Ajai | Updated |
| 09-Oct-2010 12:15 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Aircraft type] |
| 20-Dec-2011 10:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2011 10:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jan-2013 09:17 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2016 16:21 | harro | Updated [Operator] |
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