New Delhi - New Delhi

On March 8, 1994 at 02:54 PM, New Delhi - New Delhi experienced a crash involving Boeing 737-200, operated by Air Sahara, with the event recorded near New Delhi-Indira Gandhi National Capital Territory of Delhi.

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

4 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 125.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 1.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was engaged in a local training flight at New Delhi-Indira Gandhi Airport, carrying one instructor and three trainee pilots. Five circuits and landings were completed uneventfully and during the sixth touch-and-go exercice, after take off from runway 28, the aircraft took a left turn and crashed on the international apron. The aircraft collided with an Aeroflot Ilyushin II-86 registered RA-86119 that was parked on the apron, bay n°45. Both aircraft were destroyed by fire. All four crew members on board the Boeing 737 were killed as well as four people on board the II-86 and one on the ground.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-SIA, MSN 21763, year of manufacture 1979.

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