 An Indian Airlines Caravelle, sister ship to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 12 October 1976 |
| Summary | In-flight fire due to an uncontained engine failure |
| Site | Bombay-Santacruz Airport, Bombay, India |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Sud Aviation Caravelle |
| Operator | Indian Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | IC171 |
| ICAO flight No. | IAC171 |
| Call sign | INDAIR 171 |
| Registration | VT-DWN |
| Flight origin | Bombay-Santacruz Airport (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport) |
| Destination | Madras Airport (now Chennai International Airport) |
| Occupants | 95 |
| Passengers | 89 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 95 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Indian Airlines Flight 171 was a Caravelle that crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Bombay Airport (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport) on 12 October 1976 after suffering an uncontained engine failure, killing all 95 people on board. Metal fatigue in the No. 2 engine's 10th stage high-pressure compressor disk had caused it to disintegrate,[1] the resulting fragments severed fuel lines causing fuel to leak into the engine and ignite causing an uncontrolled fire that eventually affected control surfaces leading to a loss of control.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle VI-N VT-DWN Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM)". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 30 June 2019.