Indian Airlines Flight 171

Indian Airlines Flight 171

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
Registration	VT-DWN
Flight origin	Bombay-Santacruz Airport (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport)
Destination	Madras Airport (now Chennai International Airport)
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.