Indian Airlines Flight 117

Indian Airlines Flight 117

An Indian Airlines Boeing 737-200 similar to the aircraft involved
Accident
Date	12 January 1978
Summary	Collided with unauthorized person on runway
Site	Hyderabad Old Airport, Telangana, India
Total fatalities	1 (on ground)
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-2A8
Aircraft name	Saranga
Operator	Indian Airlines
Registration	VT-EFL
Flight origin	Santacruz Airport, Bombay, India
Destination	Hyderabad Old Airport, Telangana, India
Occupants	105
Passengers	99
Crew	6
Fatalities	0
Injuries	0
Survivors	105 (all)
Ground casualties
Ground fatalities	1

Indian Airlines Flight 117 was a scheduled domestic flight from Bombay (now Mumbai) to Hyderabad, India. On 12 January 1978, an adult male pedestrian was struck and killed by the Boeing 737-2A8 Adv. (registration VT-EFL) operating the flight as it touched down on the runway at Begumpet Airport.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the accident was a two-month-old Boeing 737-2A8 Advanced registered as VT-EFL and was named Saranga. It was the 504th Boeing 737 built. The aircraft's maiden flight was on 17 November 1977, and it was delivered to Indian Airlines the same month. The aircraft was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A turbofan engines.

The unnamed 50-year-old captain had 21,465 flight hours. Information on the first officer is unknown. Four of the passengers were children.

Accident

Flight 117 was cleared to land at 6:57 pm local time on runway 09 at Begumpet Airport. When the aircraft touched down, the flight crew saw a man running across the runway. The aircraft struck the man at high speed and he died while being transported to a hospital.

Investigation

The investigation determined that the man had breached security at Begumpet Airport.

Aftermath

VT-EFL did not sustain any damage in the accident and it returned to service with Indian Airlines. On 16 August 1991 the same aircraft crashed as Indian Airlines Flight 257 killing all 69 people on board.

See also

• Austin–Bergstrom International Airport runway incident, a similar runway incursion fatality

External links

• Summary at Directorate General of Civil Aviation

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