Accident | |
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Date | 21 June 1982 |
Summary | Pilot error; inclement weather as a contributing factor |
Site | Sahar International Airport, Mumbai, India |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 707–437 |
Aircraft name | Gauri Shankar |
Operator | Air India |
Registration | VT-DJJ |
Flight origin | Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Kuala Lumpur |
Stopover | Madras International Airport, Madras (now Chennai) |
Destination | Sahar International Airport, Bombay (now Mumbai) |
Occupants | 111 |
Passengers | 99 |
Crew | 12 |
Fatalities | 17 |
Injuries | 25 |
Survivors | 94 |
Air India Flight 403 was a scheduled Air India passenger flight that crashed at Sahar International Airport in Bombay, India on 21 June 1982. It was likely caused by miscalculated altitude in a heavy rainstorm. The aircraft was the first jetliner inducted into the fleet of an Asian airline.