.jpg) An Indian Airlines Boeing 737-200, similar to the one involved in the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 31 May 1973 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | New Delhi, India |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-2A8 |
| Aircraft name | Saranga |
| Operator | Indian Airlines |
| Registration | VT-EAM |
| Flight origin | Madras Airport, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Destination | Palam International Airport, New Delhi, India |
| Passengers | 58 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 48 |
| Survivors | 17 |
Indian Airlines Flight 440 was a flight on 31 May 1973 that crashed while on approach to Palam Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) killing 48 of the 65 passengers and crew on board.