Hyderabad - New Delhi

On January 9, 1993 at 04:08 AM, Hyderabad - New Delhi experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-154, 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.

165 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 165 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 13, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 152, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On 9th January, 1993 TU-154 aircraft No. 85533 wet leased by Indian Airlines from Uzbekistan Airways was operating flight IC-840 from Hyderabad to Delhi. The aircraft was being flown by Uzbeki operating crew and there were 165 persons on board including the crew. The aircraft touched down slightly outside the right edge of the runway, collided with some fixed installations on the ground, got airborne once again and finally touched down on kutcha ground on the right side of the runway. At this stage the right wing and the tail of the aircraft broke away and it came to rest in an inverted position. During the process, the aircraft caught fire and was destroyed. Most occupants of the aircraft escaped unhurt. Six persons suffered either limb fracture or other serious injuries while 45 persons suffered injuries of a minor nature.

Aircraft reference details include registration 85533, MSN 82A533, year of manufacture 1982.

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