Fokker F27 Friendship crash, Jul 3, 1997 (2 killed), Mumb...
Fokker F27 Friendship accident on July 3, 1997 near Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji (Santa Cruz), Maharashtra, India with 2 fatalities. Cause: Pilot...
- Date: July 3, 1997
- Aircraft: Fokker F27 Friendship
- Location: Mumbai-Chhatrapati Shivaji (Santa Cruz), Maharashtra, India
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilot possibly lost control after encountering severe weather soon after takeoff; lack of current weather information for the pilot was a contributing factor.
An Elbee Airlines cargo Fokker F27 departed Mumbai on a night flight to Bangalore. After the crew reported entering weather, the last radio transmission was a radar climb acknowledgement, and the aircraft crashed into the Arabian Sea off Mumbai. Both crew died, and there was no evidence of fire.