Hong Kong - Bombay - Tel Aviv - Paris

On June 12, 1975 at 02:15 AM, Hong Kong - Bombay - Tel Aviv - Paris experienced a crash involving Boeing 747-100, operated by Air France, with the event recorded near Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji (Santa Cruz) Maharashtra.

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

402 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 402 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 18, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 384, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The crew was completing a 180 turn on runway 27 threshold to prepare for takeoff when the fire alarm sounded in the cockpit panel. The crew stopped the aircraft and ordered all 402 occupants to evacuate the aircraft. Fire spread quickly on the right side of the airplane that was destroyed. All 402 occupants escaped, 10 of them were slightly injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration N28888, MSN 20542/201, year of manufacture 1972.