Indian Airlines Flight 605
Indian Airlines Flight 605 was a scheduled internal flight from Mumbai to Bengaluru. On 14 February 1990, the Airbus A320-231 (registered VT-EPN) flying the route crashed while trying to land, killing 92 of the 146 people.[1]
 An Indian Airlines Airbus A320 similar to the one involved in the crash | |
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 February 1990 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error |
| Place | Karnataka Golf Club, near Bangalore Hindustan Airport 12°56′53″N 77°38′52″E / 12.9481°N 77.6478°ECoordinates: 12°56′53″N 77°38′52″E / 12.9481°N 77.6478°E |
| Passengers | 139 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 54 |
| Fatalities | 92 |
| Survivors | 54 |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A320-231 |
| Airline/user | Indian Airlines |
| Registration | VT-EPN |
| Flew from | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Bombay, India |
| Flying to | Hindustan Airport, Bangalore, India |
Flight
Flight 605 took off from Bombay Airport at 11:58 a.m. IST. The flight had 139 passengers and 7 crew members, including 4 infants.[2]
While trying to land, Flight 605 went below the glideslope, a way to measure the rate a plane is going down while landing. The flight touched down on a golf club and bounced up and back down. The aircraft then went over a 12-ft wall, making the engines and landing gear come off. Then the plane flew over a road and crashed in a grassy area.[2]
Indian Airlines Flight 605 Media
After the crash, the aircraft was immediately engulfed in flames
The cockpit of an Airbus A320. The ten control knobs are shown.
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References
- ↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Final report" (PDF). Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2016.