Boeing 747-200 crash, Jan 1, 1978 (213 killed), Mumbai-Ch...
Boeing 747-200 accident on January 1, 1978 near Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji (Santa Cruz) Maharashtra, India with 213 fatalities. Cause: Captain's...
- Date: January 1, 1978
- Aircraft: Boeing 747-200
- Location: Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji (Santa Cruz) Maharashtra, India
- Fatalities: 213
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Captain's spatial disorientation after an attitude indicator malfunction, followed by loss of control at night over the sea without visual references
On 1 January 1978 Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747-237B (VT-EBD), took off from Bombay Santa Cruz for Dubai at night. Soon after takeoff, while turning over the Arabian Sea without visual references, the captain became disoriented after an attitude indicator (ADI) malfunction and lost control. The aircraft dove into the sea about 3 km offshore and disintegrated; all 213 occupants were killed.