Indian Airlines Flight 605
 VT-EPN, The aircraft involved in the accident, seen in November 1989 with a test registration F-WWIV | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 February 1990 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
| Site | Karnataka Golf Club, near Bangalore Hindustan Airport 12°56′53″N 77°38′52″E / 12.9481°N 77.6478°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A320-231 |
| Operator | Indian Airlines |
| Registration | VT-EPN |
| Flight origin | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Bombay, India |
| Destination | Hindustan Airport, Bangalore, India |
| Occupants | 146 |
| Passengers | 139 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 92 |
| Injuries | 54 |
| Survivors | 54 |
Indian Airlines Flight 605 was a scheduled internal flight from Mumbai to Bengaluru. On 14 February 1990, the Airbus A320-231 (registered VT-EPN) flying the route crashed while trying to land, killing 92 of the 146 people.[1]
Flight
[change | change source]Flight 605 took off from Bombay Airport at 11:58 a.m. IST. The flight had 139 passengers and 7 crew members, including 4 infants.[2]
While trying to land, Flight 605 went below the glideslope, a way to measure the rate a plane is going down while landing. The flight touched down on a golf club and bounced up and back down. The aircraft then went over a 12-ft wall, making the engines and landing gear come off. Then the plane flew over a road and crashed in a grassy area.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- 1 2 "Final report" (PDF). Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.