Sydney – Darwin – Singapore – Bangkok – Bombay – Karachi – Tehran – Rome

On July 7, 1962 at 10:00 AM, Sydney – Darwin – Singapore – Bangkok – Bombay – Karachi – Tehran – Rome experienced a crash involving Douglas DC-8, operated by Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane, with the event recorded near Junnar Maharashtra.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

94 people were known to be on board, 94 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 85, passenger fatalities: 85, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was preparing to land at Bombay-Santa Cruz Airport runway 27 and was cleared to descend to 4,000 feet. After several errors, the pilot-in-command started the descent prematurely and while at an altitude of 3,600 feet, the airplane struck the slope of Mt Davandyachi (1,080 m high) located about eight km north of Junnar. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 94 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, the airplane was off course by 9 km and its altitude was too low.

Aircraft reference details include registration I-DIWD, MSN 45631, year of manufacture 1962.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 19.2061°, 73.8696°.