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Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892
1968 aviation accident in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Garuda Indonesian Airways Flight 892 was a scheduled international passenger flight of Garuda Indonesian Airways (now Garuda Indonesia) from Jakarta to Amsterdam with stopovers in Singapore, Bangkok, Bombay (now Mumbai), Karachi, Cairo, and Rome. On 28 May 1968, the Convair 990A jet airliner operating the flight crashed during the climb-out after take-off from Santacruz Airport (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport) for the flight's Bombay to Karachi segment. The aircraft crashed at Bilalpada village near Nala Sopara, killing all 29 people on board and one person on the ground. The cause of the accident is unknown, but it is presumed to originate from misfuelling during the stopover in Bombay. It was the first fatal accident and the second hull loss of the Convair 990.[1]
![]() Pajajaran, the aircraft involved in the accident. | |
Accident | |
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Date | 28 May 1968 (1968-05-28) |
Summary | Crashed on climb-out for unknown reasons, presumably misfuelling |
Site | Bilalpada village near Nala Sopara, India |
Total fatalities | 30 |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Convair CV-990-30A-5 |
Aircraft name | Pajajaran |
Operator | Garuda Indonesian Airways |
Registration | PK-GJA |
Flight origin | Kemayoran International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia |
1st stopover | Singapore International Airport, Singapore |
2nd stopover | Bangkok International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand |
3rd stopover | Santacruz Airport, Bombay, India |
4th stopover | Karachi International Airport, Karachi, Pakistan |
5th stopover | Cairo International Airport, Cairo, United Arab Republic |
Last stopover | Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Rome, Italy |
Destination | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Occupants | 29 |
Passengers | 15 |
Crew | 14 |
Fatalities | 29 |
Survivors | 0 |
Ground casualties | |
Ground fatalities | 1 |