Boeing 707 crash, Dec 20, 1973, New Delhi-Palam National...
Boeing 707 accident on December 20, 1973 near New Delhi-Palam National Capital Territory of Delhi, India with no fatalities.
- Date: December 20, 1973
- Aircraft: Boeing 707
- Location: New Delhi-Palam National Capital Territory of Delhi, India
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
A Lufthansa Boeing 707 on a service from Bangkok to New Delhi and onward to Frankfurt struck approach lights short of the runway at New Delhi Palam in night haze and fog on 20 December 1973. The aircraft was too high and too fast on the approach, and it crashed, lost its engines and burned, but all 109 occupants were evacuated.