Take a look at Biggest Aviation Disasters In India

The plane crash accident involving an Air India AI 171 flight bound to London from Ahmedabad is unfortunate and devastating. The aircraft was carrying 242 passengers and crew members. Everyone is shocked to witness the biggest aviation disaster of the country. On this note, take a look at some of the most disastrous aviation accidents that took place in the country.

In 2020, a Boeing 737-800 operating under the Vande Bharat Mission skidded off the runway at Kozhikode airport. The aircraft plunged into a 30-foot gorge. Both the pilots and 19 passengers lost their lives while 100 members were injured.

In May 2010, an Air India Express flight (IX-812) from Dubai overshot the runway at Mangalore Airport. It resulted in the plane’s crash into a nearby valley. 158 of the 166 passengers were dead.

In 1998, an Air India Boeing 737-2A8 crashed into a residential area near Patna Airport. 55 passengers and five local residents were killed.

In 1996, a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight and a Kazakhstan Airlines flight collided over Haryana. It resulted in the deaths of over 340 people.

In 1993, an Indian Airlines plane caught fire during takeoff at Aurangabad after hitting a truck on the runway. 18 people lost their lives.

In 1990, a crash at Bengaluru’s runway 605 took the lives of 146 passengers and 92 crew members.