1994 Indira Gandhi Airport collision

Aviation accident in India the 1972 crash of Aeroflot Flight 558 Aeroflot Flight 558 Accident 8 March 1994 Loss of control after takeoff due to pilot error during training exercise 9 4 Near Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport, India 28.555 77.084 type:event_globe:earth_region:IN ti LN-NPB B737-200 BusyBee 1987 (4583553275).jpg The 737-200 involved in 1987, while operating for Busy Bee and in a previous registration Boeing 737-200 Sahara India Airlines VICTOR INDIA ALPHA VT-SIA Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport, India Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport, India 4 0 4 4 0 Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-86 CCCP-86119 at Brussels Airport, 28 November 1992.jpg The Ilyushin Il-86 involved in 1992 in a previous registration Ilyushin Il-86 Aeroflot SU558 AFL558 AEROFLOT 558 RA-86119 Changi Airport, Singapore Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport, India Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow 4 0 4 4 0 1 4 On 8 March 1994, a Sahara India Airlines Boeing 737-200 crashed shortly after takeoff during a training exercise at Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport, India. The plane crashed into an Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-86, which led to both aircraft being destroyed. All 6 crew members on both aircraft were killed, along with two other Aeroflot employees on the Ilyushin, while one person on the ground was killed. Background Aircraft The accident aircraft, a Boeing 737-200, registration number VT-SIA, was manufactured for Busy Bee in 1979 and had made its first flight on April 25, 1979. It was sold to Sahara India Airlines in October 1993 and was almost 15 years old at the time of the accident. It was equipped with 2 Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17 engines. 19940308-0 18 February 2026 Flight crew The flight crew consisted of a flight instructor and three trainee pilots.Accident to Sahara India Airlines B-737-200 Aircraft During the Training Flight on 8.3.1994 at IGI Airport, Delhi https://dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/Upload?flag=iframeAttachView&attachId=130617568&mainAccidentReports Sabharwal Y.K. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Civil Aviation dead https://web.archive.org/web/20200526012923/https://www.dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/Upload?flag=iframeAttachView&attachId=130617568&mainAccidentReports 26 May 2020 Accident At about 2:54 pm on Tuesday, March 8, 1994, the Boeing 737-200 took off from Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport, India, on the sixth of a planned series of touch-and-go landings. After climbing to 400 - 500 ft m, it banked left and crashed at the International Terminal apron. The wreckage collided with an Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-86 aircraft, registration number RA-86119, Flight 558, which was parked on Bay No. 45 after making an unscheduled layover and undergoing repairs. The Ilyushin was fully loaded with fuel and also caught fire as a result of the impact. Both aircraft were destroyed and all 4 crew members on board the Boeing were killed, as well as all 4 Aeroflot employees on board the Ilyushin: 2 crew members, a ground engineer, and an airport worker. Additionally, an employee of Bharat Petroleum, the airport fuel supplier, was killed on the tarmac. At least two air bridges and other ground facilities were damaged. Investigation An investigation by the India Commercial Pilot Association (ICPA) revealed that the accident occurred due to application of the incorrect rudder by a trainee pilot during the exercise. The flight instructor, who was making his first flight as an instructor, did not guard or block the rudder control and did not give clear commands to avoid the application of the wrong rudder control by the trainee pilot. References Category:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 Original Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Ilyushin Il-86 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1994 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in India Category:Aviation accidents and incidents caused by loss of control Category:1994 disasters in India Aeroflot Category:Sahara India Pariwar Category:March 1994 in India