Srinagar – Jammu – Chandigarh – New Delhi

On June 19, 1988 at 05:26 PM, Srinagar – Jammu – Chandigarh – New Delhi experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-200, operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near New Delhi-Indira Gandhi 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.

134 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 134 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 128, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Indian Airlines flight IC422 was a domestic service from Srinagar to Delhi via Jammu and Chandigarh, India. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-200, landed gear up on runway 10 at Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport. The left engine then caught fire due to a fuel leak from ruptured fuel lines and a broken fuel control unit. The fire was quickly put out by fire services. All 134 occupants evacuated safely.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-EAI, MSN 20482/272, year of manufacture 1970.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.5542°, 77.0851°.