1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision

Saudia Flight 763
Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907
Accident
Date	12 November 1996
Summary	Mid-air collision
Site	Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India ; 28°33′38″N 76°18′15″E
Total fatalities	349
Total survivors	0
First aircraft
	; HZ-AIH, the 747 involved, at London Heathrow, in 1986
Type	Boeing 747-168B
Operator	Saudi Arabian Airlines
IATA flight No.	SV763
ICAO flight No.	SVA763
Call sign	SAUDIA 763
Registration	HZ-AIH
Flight origin	Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India
Destination	Dhahran International Airport, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Occupants	312
Passengers	289
Crew	23
Fatalities	312
Survivors	0
Second aircraft
	; UN-76435, the Ilyushin Il-76TD involved in the collision, at Düsseldorf Airport, in 1994.
Type	Ilyushin Il-76TD
Operator	Kazakhstan Airlines
IATA flight No.	KZ1907
ICAO flight No.	KZA1907
Call sign	KAZAKH 1907
Registration	UN-76435
Flight origin	Chimkent Airport, Kazakhstan
Destination	Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, India
Occupants	37
Passengers	27
Crew	10
Fatalities	37
Survivors	0

On 12 November 1996, Saudia Flight 763, a Boeing 747 en route from Delhi, India, to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76 en route from Chimkent, Kazakhstan, to Delhi, collided over the city of Charkhi Dadri, around 100 km (62 mi; 54 nmi) west of Delhi. The crash killed all 349 people on board both planes, making it the world's deadliest mid-air collision and the deadliest aviation accident ever in India. The crash was caused by failure of the Kazakh crew to maintain the correct altitude, because of confused dialogue with the tower communicated via the radio operator. In addition, departures and arrivals both shared a single corridor within the civilian airspace around New Delhi.

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