| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 17, 1978 |
| Time: | ? |
| Location: | Hyderabad, India |
| Operator: | Indian Airlines |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | ? |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-737-2A8 |
| Registration: | VT-EAL |
| cn / ln: | 20485/277 |
| Aboard: | 132 (passengers:126 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:1 crew:0) |
| Ground: | 3 |
| Summary: | Couldn't climb on takeoff due to non-availability of leading edge slats, overran the runway and killed one passenger and 3 maintenance workers on the ground cutting grass. Nonavailability of leading edge devices immediately after rotation during take off. |
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