| Date: | Sunday 19 July 1959 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation |
| Owner/operator: | Air-India |
| Registration: | VT-DIN |
| MSN: | 4667 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1956 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 46 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Mumbai (Bombay) -
 India
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | |
| Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM/VABB) |
The Super Constellation, named "Rani of Aera", approached Santa Cruz Airport in conditions of poor visibility due to rain. The captain was using an altimeter with the barometric pressure set at 29.92". An overshoot was delayed and the aircraft crashed.
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