Shymkent - New Delhi

On November 12, 1996 at 06:40 PM, Shymkent - New Delhi experienced a crash involving Ilyushin II-76, operated by Kazakhstan Airlines - Air Kazakhstan - Kazair, 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.

37 people were known to be on board, 37 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 10, passengers on board: 27, passenger fatalities: 27, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The Ilyushin II-76TD departed Shymkent Airport on a regular schedule service (flight KZA1907) to New Delhi-Indira Gandhi, carrying 27 passengers and 10 crew members. Following an uneventful flight, the crew was cleared to start the descent to New Delhi via route G452 and was instructed to maintain FL150. At 1833LT, a Boeing 747-168B operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) departed New Delhi-Indira Gandhi Airport on a flight to Jeddah (flight SV763) with an intermediate stop in Dhahran, carrying 289 passengers and 23 crew members. After takeoff, its crew was instructed to climb to FL140 via the same route G452. For unknown reasons, the Kazair crew continued the descent below FL150 until both aircraft faced each other and collided at 1840LT at FL140, seven minutes after the B747 takeoff. 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 UN-76435, MSN 10234 13428, year of manufacture 1992.

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