Jakarta – Bombay – Karachi – Cairo – Rome – Amsterdam

On May 28, 1968 at 02:44 AM, Jakarta – Bombay – Karachi – Cairo – Rome – Amsterdam experienced a crash involving Convair CV-990, operated by Garuda Indonesian Airways, with the event recorded near Mumbai Maharashtra.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

29 people were known to be on board, 29 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 14, crew fatalities: 14, passengers on board: 15, passenger fatalities: 15, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Less than five minutes after a night takeoff from Bombay-Santa Cruz Airport, while climbing, the aircraft entered a nose-down attitude then plunged into the earth and crashed in a huge explosion some 32 km north of the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 29 occupants were killed as well as one person on the ground. Few houses were damaged and few other people were injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration PK-GJA, MSN 30-10-3, year of manufacture 1964.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 18.9328°, 72.8371°.