1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision · Charkhi Dadri
On November 12, 1996, 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision (Charkhi Dadri). 349 people died.
- Date
- November 12, 1996
- Place
- Charkhi Dadri
- Operator
- Kazakhstan Airlines
- Killed
- 349
- Injured
- 37
- Position
- 28.561°N, 76.304°E
- Wikidata ID
- Q118373
From Wikipedia
On 12 November 1996, Saudia Flight 763, a Boeing 747-100 en route from Delhi, India to Jeddah with a stopover in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76 en route from Shymkent, Kazakhstan to Delhi, collided over the city of Charkhi Dadri in the state of Haryana, around 100 kilometres (62 mi; 54 nmi) west of Delhi. The crash killed all 349 people on board both planes, making it the world's deadliest mid-air collision, the deadliest aviation accident without survivors, and the deadliest aviation accident in the Indian subcontinent.
The final report from the investigation revealed that the failure of Flight 1907's crew to maintain the correct altitude led to the collision. Contributing factors included the poor English language skills in the Il-76 cockpit, resulting in inadequate interpretation of directions provided by air traffic control, and three specific incidents of failures in crew resource management (CRM) by the Kazakh crew.
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