Dabolim - Dabolim

On March 24, 2015 at 10:08 PM, Dabolim - Dabolim experienced a crash involving Dornier DO228, operated by Indian Navy - Bharatiya Nau Sena, with the event recorded near Dabolim Goa.

The flight was categorized as training and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 66.7%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The crew was completing a training sortie from the Dabolim-Hansa Naval Air Station, State of Goa, on behalf of the 310th Naval Air Squadron. While flying by night, the twin engine aircraft crashed in the Indian Ocean about 45 km southwest of Dabolim Airport. A pilot was rescued and both other occupants (a second pilot and an observer) were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration IN-240, MSN 4079, year of manufacture 2009.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 15.3851°, 73.8378°.