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Indian Airlines Flight 810 en-route from Lucknow Airport to Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport was hijacked by a single individual and returned to Lucknow. The hijacker demanded the release of all individuals arrested after the Demolition of the Babri Masjid and for a temple be built at Ram Janmabhoomi where the Ram Mandir once stood.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (IATA: BOM, ICAO: VABB) is the international airport serving Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra.It is the second busiest airport in India in terms of total and international passenger traffic after Delhi, and was the ninth busiest airport in Asia and 25th busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic in fiscal year 2023 ...
Air India Flight 855 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bombay (now Mumbai), India, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.On 1 January 1978, the Boeing 747 operating the flight crashed into the Arabian Sea about 3 km (1.9 mi; 1.6 nmi) off the coast of Bandra, less than two minutes after take-off, killing all 213 passengers and crew on board.
On May 26, around 2.30 a.m. and 8.30 a.m. the Chennai Airport received two emails, stating that bombs would be planted near the airport and that passengers should be deboarded from the aircraft, followed by a bomb threat call to the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and Mumbai Airport on 27 May.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, India released the final investigation report in Dec 2018. The probable cause of the accident as per the report was a stall caused by lack of situational awareness due to spatial disorientation triggered by deteriorating weather, a transition from ILS (IMC) to visual flying (Partial VMC) and unexpected bank owing to differential engine power.
At Kai Tak airport in 1988, CAAC Flight 301 clipped approach lights, overran the runway, crashed into the runway, and slid through the grass, killing seven people. China Airlines Flight 605 overran the runway at Kai Tak International Airport on 4 November 1993. The pilot failed to initiate a mandatory missed approach procedure after observing ...
The accident was the second fatal accident of Air India Express and was similar to Air India Express Flight 812 which also overran the runway 10 years earlier at Mangalore International Airport, killing 158 people on board. [35] [36] [37]
Flight 605 took off from Bombay Airport at 11:58 local time after an hour delay. Prior to this, the aircraft was used for two other flights on the day of the accident, operating as Flight 669 and Flight 670, flying from Bombay to Goa and back. The aircraft was carrying 139 passengers and 7 crew members, including 4 infants.