Indian Airlines Flight 440
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.
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 |
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