New Delhi - Dhahran - Jeddah

On November 12, 1996 at 06:40 PM, New Delhi - Dhahran - Jeddah experienced a crash involving Boeing 747-100, operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines - SAUDIA, with the event recorded near Charkhi Dadri Haryana.

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

312 people were known to be on board, 312 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 23, crew fatalities: 23, passengers on board: 289, passenger fatalities: 289, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft departed New Delhi-Indira Gandhi Airport at 1833LT on a flight to Jeddah with an intermediate stop in Dhahran, carrying 289 passengers and 23 crew members. After takeoff, the crew was instructed to climb to FL140 via route G452. Seven minutes after takeoff, while cruising at an altitude of 14,000 feet, the aircraft collided with a Kazakhstan Airlines (Kazair) Ilyushin II-76TD that was descending to New Delhi Airport. Registered UN-76435, it was completing flight KZA1907 from Shymkent with 27 passengers and 10 crew members on board. After the collision, both aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in an open field located about 3 km Charkhi Dadri, some 80 km west of New Delhi-Indira Gandhi Airport. Both aircraft were destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 349 occupants in both aircraft were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration HZ-AIH, MSN 22748, year of manufacture 1982.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 28.6001°, 76.1124°.