New Delhi - Tashkent - Moscow

An Air Sahara (Sahara Airlines) boeing 737-2R4C registered VT-SIA 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.

Flight / Schedule

New Delhi - Tashkent - Moscow

Aircraft

Ilyushin II-86

Registration

RA-86119

MSN

51483209087

Year of Manufacture

1985

Date

March 8, 1994 at 12:00 PM

Type

CRASH

Flight Type

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Flight Phase

Parking

Crash Site

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Crash Location

New Delhi-Indira Gandhi National Capital Territory of Delhi

Region

Asia • India

Coordinates

28.5542°, 77.0851°

Crash Cause

Human factor

Narrative Report

On March 8, 1994 at 12:00 PM, New Delhi - Tashkent - Moscow experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-86, operated by Aeroflot - Russian International 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 parking at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

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

The listed crash cause is human factor. An Air Sahara (Sahara Airlines) boeing 737-2R4C registered VT-SIA 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 RA-86119, MSN 51483209087, year of manufacture 1985.

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

Fatalities

Total

4

Crew

0

Passengers

0

Other

4

Crash Summary

An Air Sahara (Sahara Airlines) boeing 737-2R4C registered VT-SIA 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.

Cause: Human factor

Occupants & Outcome

Crew On Board

0

Passengers On Board

0

Estimated Survivors

0

Fatality Rate

Known people on board: 0

Operational Details

Schedule / Flight

New Delhi - Tashkent - Moscow

Flight Type

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Flight Phase

Parking

Crash Site

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Region / Country

Asia • India

Aircraft Details

Aircraft

Ilyushin II-86

Registration

RA-86119

MSN

51483209087

Year of Manufacture

1985