Madras - Hyderabad

On November 15, 1993 at 09:25 AM, Madras - Hyderabad experienced a crash involving Airbus A300, operated by Indian Airlines, with the event recorded near Tirupati Andhra Pradesh.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

262 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 262 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 12, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 250, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Indian Airlines Airbus A-300 aircraft VT-EDV was operating scheduled flight IC-440 (Madras - Hyderabad sector) on 15.11.1993. There were a total of 262 persons were on board the aircraft including 247+3 passengers and 12 crew members. The aircraft could not land at Hyderabad due to low visibility and carried out a missed approach. After the missed approach, the aircraft reported "Flap Problem" and was holding overhead at Hyderabad during which the flight crew enquired visibility at nearby Air Force airfields which was also low. The aircraft then diverted to Madras. Due to flaps problem, the crew had to maintain low speed and low altitude as a result of which it experienced fuel shortage and sought permission from Madras control for landing at Tirupati. However, the aircraft could not reach even Tirupati airport and executed forced landing in an open paddy field about 14 nautical miles from Tirupati airport. The aircraft dragged on the soft paddy field before coming to final stop. There was no fire. Passenger evacuation was carried out by means of escape slides. All the persons on board escaped unhurt except four who received minor injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-EDV, MSN 034, year of manufacture 1976.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 13.5514°, 80.0112°.