Calcutta - Imphal

On August 16, 1991 at 12:46 PM, Calcutta - Imphal experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-200, operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near Imphal Manipur.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a mountains crash site.

69 people were known to be on board, 69 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: 63, passenger fatalities: 63, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed Calcutta-Dum Dum Airport at 1154 on a regular schedule service to Imphal, Manipur. On descent, the crew encountered poor weather conditions and the visibility was low. After being cleared to descend to 10,000 feet, the crew obtain the permission to make a direct outbound course in view of an ILS approach to runway 04. While completing a turn to join the approach path, the crew failed to realize his altitude was insufficient when the GPWS alarm sounded in the cockpit during 6,3 seconds. The aircraft struck the slope of Mt Thangjing located 39 km southwest of runway 04 threshold and disintegrated on impact. All 69 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-EFL, MSN 21497, year of manufacture 1977.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 24.8049°, 93.9348°.