Madras - Bombay

On September 29, 1986 at 07:19 AM, Madras - Bombay experienced a crash involving Airbus A300, operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near Chennai Tamil Nadu.

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

196 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 196 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 11, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 185, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is other causes. During taxiing for takeoff, the commander gave controls to copilot for takeoff. During takeoff roll, the commander and the copilot sighted a large bird towards the right hand side and the commander told the copilot to continue with takeoff. The copilot reportedly saw another large bird on the runway centreline when the aircraft speed was around 150 knots. The copilot rotated the aircraft and when the aircraft attained 5 to 8° nose up attitude, a loud noise was heard from the right side followed by severe vibration. The commande took over the controls from the copilot at this stage and initiated action to abort the takeoff. Reverse thrust and wheel brakes were applied but the aircraft could not be stopped on the runway and rolled over to kutcha ground. There was no fire but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair. All 196 occupants were evacuated, among them 14 were slightly injured.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-ELV, MSN 22, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 13.0511°, 80.2248°.