Gwalior - New Delhi

On August 12, 1972 at 10:42 PM, Gwalior - New Delhi experienced a crash involving Fokker F27 Friendship, operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near New Delhi-Palam National Capital Territory of Delhi.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

18 people were known to be on board, 18 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 14, passenger fatalities: 14, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On a night approach to New Delhi-Palam Airport, the captain decided to abandon the landing procedure and initiated a go-around. Few minutes later, while on a second attempt to land, the crew failed to realize his altitude was too low when the airplane struck the ground and crashed 1,600 meters short of runway threshold. The aircraft was totally destroyed and all 18 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-DME, MSN 10175, year of manufacture 1961.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.5956°, 77.0809°.