Alliance Air Flight 7412
Alliance Air Flight 7412 was a scheduled Indian domestic passenger flight from Calcutta to Delhi, operated by Indian regional airliner Alliance Air. On 17 July 2000, while on approach to its first stopover in Patna, the Boeing 737-2A8 operating the route nose-dived and crashed into a residential area in Patna, killing 60 people including 5 on the ground.
An Alliance Air Boeing 737-2A8 similar to the one involved in the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 17 July 2000 |
| Summary | Stall on approach due to pilot error |
| Site | Near Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna, Bihar, India 25°35′24″N 85°06′18″E |
| Total fatalities | 60 |
| Total injuries | 8 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-2A8 |
| Operator | Alliance Air |
| IATA flight No. | CD7412 |
| ICAO flight No. | LLR7412 |
| Call sign | ALLIED 7412 |
| Registration | VT-EGD |
| Flight origin | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| 1st stopover | Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, Patna, Bihar, India |
| Last stopover | Amausi Airport, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Destination | Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India |
| Occupants | 58 |
| Passengers | 52 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 55 |
| Injuries | 3 |
| Survivors | 3 (initially 7) |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 5 |
| Ground injuries | 5 |
The final report, investigated by the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation, concluded that the cause of the crash was due to pilot error. The aircraft was on approach with its engines at idle thrust and the crew made several maneuvers with high-pitch attitude. When the aircraft sounded a warning on an impending stall, the crew elected to execute a go-around procedure instead of a stall recovery procedure, causing the aircraft to enter an actual stall condition.