Date: | Wednesday 14 June 1972 |
Time: | 20:18 |
Type: | Douglas DC-8-53 |
Owner/operator: | Japan Air Lines - JAL |
Registration: | JA8012 |
MSN: | 45680/213 |
Year of manufacture: | 1964 |
Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney JT3D- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 82 / Occupants: 87 |
Other fatalities: | 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | ca 20 km E of Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL) -
India
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Phase: | Approach |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Bangkok-Don Muang International Airport (BKK/VTBD) |
Destination airport: | Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL/VIDP) |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:The DC-8 took off from Bangkok at 11:21 UTC on a flight to Delhi, India. Clearance for a straight-in ILS approach to Delhi runway 28 was given at 14:43 UTC. Shortly after reporting 23DME, the aircraft struck the banks of River Yamuna.
The first officer was Pilot Flying during the approach to Delhi.
PROBABLE CAUSE: Japanese investigators claimed a false glide path signal to be responsible for the descent into terrain. Indian investigators say the accident was caused by a total disregard of laid down procedures by the crew and abandoning all instrument indications without properly ensuring sighting of the runway.
Sources:
Civil aircraft accidents 1972 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
Location
Images:
photo (c) Caz Caswell; London-Heathrow Airport (LHR); 1970
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