- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | January 24, 1966 |
Time: | 0802 |
Location: | Mont Blanc, French Alps, Switzerland |
Operator: | Air India |
Flight #: | 101 |
Route: | Bombay - Beirut - Geneva - Paris - London -New York |
AC Type: | Boeing B-707-437 |
Registration: | VT-DMN |
cn / ln: | 18055/200 |
Aboard: | 117 (passengers:106 crew:11) |
Fatalities: | 117 (passengers:106 crew:11) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft was told to hold at 1,000 ft. above the clouds before landing at Geneva but descended below the minimum safe altitude and crashed into Mont Blanc. With a malfunctioning No. 2 VOR the crew thought they had already passed Mt. Blanc. Miscalculation by the crew on their position and the phraseology used by the controller in relay the aircraft's position. Hambi Bhabha, father of India's nuclear program killed. The aircraft was named Kanchenjunga. Remains found 7/2017 |
Sources
Copyright © Richard Kebabjian / www.planecrashinfo.com