Agathi – Cochin – Thiruvananthapuram

On July 30, 1998 at 11:05 AM, Agathi – Cochin – Thiruvananthapuram experienced a crash involving Dornier DO228, operated by Alliance Air, with the event recorded near Cochin Kerala.

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

6 people were known to be on board, 9 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 150.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 3, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 3.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The aircraft was completing a flight from Agathi to Thiruvananthapuram with an intermediate stop in Cochin, carrying three passengers and three crew members. After takeoff from runway 17, at a height of about 400 feet, the aircraft pitched up steeply to a near vertical attitude and thereafter appeared to perform a manoeuvre similar to a stall turn to the right and crashed on the roof of the Component Repair Shop (CRS) building of the Naval Aircraft Yard. After impact the aircraft caught fire and was totally destroyed. All six occupants were killed as well as three people in the building. Six others received minor injuries.

Aircraft reference details include registration VT-EJW, MSN 8075, year of manufacture 1986.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 9.9679°, 76.2457°.