Air India Flight 403
Air India Flight 403 was a scheduled Air India passenger flight that crashed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj 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.
The aircraft involved in the accident, 1976. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 June 1982 |
| Summary | Pilot error; inclement weather as a contributing factor |
| Site | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Bombay now (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 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Bombay (now Mumbai) |
| Occupants | 111 |
| Passengers | 99 |
| Crew | 12 |
| Fatalities | 17 |
| Injuries | 25 |
| Survivors | 94 |
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