Bombay - Madras

On October 12, 1976 at 01:35 AM, Bombay - Madras experienced a crash involving Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji (Santa Cruz) Maharashtra.

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.

95 people were known to be on board, 95 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 89, passenger fatalities: 89, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Shortly after takeoff from runway 27 at Bombay-Santa Cruz Airport, while climbing, the captain contacted ATC and declared an emergency after the right engine exploded and caught fire. The crew was cleared to return for an approach to runway 09 and initiated a circuit. On final approach, at a height of 300 feet, the airplane entered a nose down angle of 45° then crashed in a huge explosion about one km short of runway 09. The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 95 occupants have been killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-DWN, MSN 231, year of manufacture 1970.