This list of accidents and incidents on airliners in India summarises airline accidents that occurred within the territories of India, with information on the airline, flight number, date, and cause.
This list is a subset of the list of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location. It is also available grouped: by year as List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft by airline by category Date Accident / Incident DescriptionCasualties Survivors10 January 2026IndiaOne Air Flight 102, a Cessna 208, made a forced landing near Rourkela while on approach.1512 June 2025Air India Flight 171, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner en route to Gatwick, London carrying 230 passengers and 12 crew members, crashed into a building in a suburb of Ahmedabad less than a minute after takeoff from Ahmedabad Airport. The crash killed 241 people on board and 19 on the ground; with a passenger on board as the only survivor. The exact cause is expected to be determined following an investigation.241+1917 August 2020Air India Express Flight 1344, a Boeing 737-800 flying the Dubai-Kozhikode route overshot the runway on landing at Calicut International Airport breaking into four pieces.1817222 May 2010Air India Express Flight 812, a Boeing 737-800 flying the Dubai-Mangalore route overshot Runway 24 on landing at Mangalore International Airport killing 158 passengers on board.158817 July 2000Alliance Air Flight 7412, a Boeing 737-2A8 crashed in a residential estate of Patna after the pilot lost control of the aircraft and stalled. Deaths included 55 people aboard, along with 5 on the ground.55+5324 December 1999Indian Airlines Flight 814 was hijacked by terrorists and flown to Kandahar, Afghanistan. One passenger was killed by the hijackers; the other 192 aboard survived.119212 November 19961996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision, Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 collided in mid-air with Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907. The cause was determined to be pilot error by the Kazakhstan Airlines pilot. All 349 people on board both planes were killed, making it the deadliest mid-air collision in history.349026 April 1993Indian Airlines Flight 491 crashed into a truck at the end of the runway while taking off from Aurangabad, Maharashtra . The cause was both pilot error and the failure of the aviation administration to control highway traffic. 556324 April 1993Indian Airlines Flight 427 was hijacked by a terrorist who demanded passage to Afghanistan, but was denied overflight permission by Pakistani authorities and the pilot diverted to Amritsar. The hijacker was killed after security forces stormed the aircraft.114010 April 1993An Indian Airlines Boeing 737-2A8 en route from Lucknow to Delhi was hijacked by four students of the Government Arts College, Lucknow claiming to be strapped with explosives. They demanded changes to the college's courses, cancellation of an award to a professor and postponement of exams. The hijackers were overpowered by passengers on return to the Lucknow Airport and subsequently arrested by the police. They were found to be only carrying a small knife.05927 March 1993Indian Airlines Fight 439 was hijacked en route from Delhi to Madras by a hijacker claiming to be strapped with explosives who forced the plane to land in Amritsar (after being denied landing permission in Lahore) and demanded political asylum in Pakistan. The hijacker subsequently surrendered and the explosive was found to be a disguised hair-dryer.020322 January 1993Indian Airlines Flight 810 en route from Lucknow Airport to Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport was hijacked by a single individual and returned to Lucknow. The hijacker demanded the release of all individuals arrested after the Demolition of the Babri Masjid and for a temple be built at Ram Janmabhoomi where the Ram Mandir once stood. The hijacker surrendered to officials after negotiations and the bomb he carried was found be phony.05416 August 1991Indian Airlines Flight 257 crashed on descent into Imphal due to pilot error, killing all 69 occupants.6914 February 1990Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashed on its final approach to Bangalore airport. The cause was pilot error.9219 October 1988Indian Airlines Flight 113 crashed on its final approach to Ahmedabad airport due to pilot error.13014 August 1984Indian Airlines Flight 421, seven Sikh hijackers demanded an Indian Airlines jetliner flying from Delhi to Srinagar to be flown to the United Arab Emirates. The defense minister of the UAE negotiated the release of the passengers. It was related to the Sikh secessionist struggle in the Indian state of Punjab.0745 July 1984Indian Airlines Flight 405, nine Sikhs belonging to the Khalistan movement forced an Airbus A300 on a domestic flight from Srinagar to Delhi with 254 passengers and 10 crew on board, to be flown to Lahore Airport in Pakistan. The demands (release of prisoners and money) of the hijackers were not met and they ultimately surrendered to Pakistani authorities on 6 July.026420 August 1982A lone Sikh militant, armed with a pistol and a hand grenade, hijacked a Boeing 737 on a scheduled flight from Jodhpur to New Delhi carrying 69 persons. Indian security forces killed the hijacker and rescued all passengers. Peter Lamont, production designer working on the James Bond film Octopussy, was a passenger.14 August 1982An Indian Airlines flight from Delhi to Amritsar was hijacked en-route by a Sikh militant carrying a fake bomb. The hijacked plane landed at Amritsar (after being denied permission to land in Lahore, Pakistan). A police officer (disguised as a pilot) and some passengers overpowered the hijacker when his attention was diverted.0All21 June 1982Air India Flight 403 crashed at Sahar International Airport in Bombay due to heavy weather. Two crew members and 15 passengers died; 94 survived.179426 November 1981Air India Flight 224 from Salisbury, Rhodesia to Bombay was hijacked at Mahe Airport, Seychelles by mercenaries fleeing an abortive coup while on a refueling stop. The B707-300 (registration VT-DVB) was forced to fly to Durban. After freeing the 78 passengers and crew, the mercenaries surrendered.07829 September 1981Indian Airlines Flight 423, a Boeing 737 operating a domestic flight from Delhi to Amritsar, was hijacked by Sikh extremists and forced to land in Lahore, Pakistan, where special forces stormed the aircraft; there were no fatalities.011720 December 1978Indian Airlines Flight 410, Bholanath Pandey and Devendranath Pandey hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-410. They demanded the immediate release of Indian National Congress party leader Indira Gandhi who was imprisoned at that time on the charges of fraud and misconduct. Later, they were awarded with party tickets for this act by the Indira Gandhi government in 1980 such that Devendra Nath Pandey rose to become a minister in the state government of Uttar Pradesh. This case was also mentioned by Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale to justify his claim regarding the hypocrisy of the Indian government during the Khalistan movement.01321 January 1978Air India Flight 855 crashed off the coast of Bandra, Bombay, (now Mumbai) when the captain became spatially disoriented after the failure of one of the flight instruments in the cockpit. All 213 aboard were killed.21312 October 1976Indian Airlines Flight 171 crashed at Bombay following an in-flight fire caused by an uncontained engine failure, killing all 95 on board.9510 September 1976An Indian Airlines Boeing 737 was hijacked from Palam Airport Delhi by a group of six militants from Jammu and Kashmir: Syed Abdul Hameed Dewani, Syed M Rafique, M Ahsan Rathore, Abdul Rashid Malik, Ghulam Rasool and Khawaja Ghulam Nabi Itoo. To refuel the plane, they took permission from CAA Lahore Airport in Pakistan to land and refuel. The hijackers were neutralized during breakfast after being served colorless tranquillizers with water. All six hijackers were taken in custody and the plane was returned to India with 83 passengers on board.08331 May 1973Indian Airlines Flight 440 crashed on approach to Palam Airport due to pilot error. 48 of 65 onboard died.481724 September 1972Japan Airlines Flight 472 overran the runway after landing at the wrong airport; all 122 onboard survived.012214 June 1972Japan Airlines Flight 471 crashed near Palam Airport, killing 82 of 87 onboard and three on the ground; Japan claimed that a false glide path signal caused the crash, while India claimed that the pilot disregarded let-down procedures.82+359 December 1971An Indian Airlines Avro aircraft (HS-748) crashed in the forests of Meghamalai. The flight was a round trip from Chennai to Trivandrum via Madurai. The crash resulted in the deaths of 31 out of the 40 passengers on board with 9 survivors.31930 January 19711971 Indian Airlines hijacking, a domestic passenger flight was hijacked en route from Srinagar to Jammu and flown to Lahore in Pakistan where the passengers/crew were released and the plane subsequently destroyed.03219 September 1965Gujarat Beechcraft incident- A civilian Beechcraft commuter plane was shot down by a Pakistan Air Force fighter, killing all eight on board.8028 July 1963United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (1963) crashed off Bombay Airport, killing all 63 on board. The cause was probably a loss of control in turbulence and bad weather.6307 July 1962Alitalia Flight 771 crashed into a hill northeast of Mumbai while on approach. The accident was attributed to navigation error. All 94 aboard were killed.9425 May 19581958 Dan-Air Avro York crash- An Avro York crashed at Gurgaon following an in-flight fire caused by engine failure, killing four of five on board.412 May 1953BOAC Flight 783 de Havilland Comet jetliner registered G-ALYV and operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation, broke up mid-air and crashed after encountering a severe squall, shortly after taking off from Calcutta (now Kolkata), India.43012 July 1949A KLM Lockheed Constellation, registered PH-TDF, crashed near Ghatkobar while attempting to land in bad weather, performing the New Delhi-Bombay leg of a scheduled service from Jakarta, Indonesia, to Amsterdam. All ten crewmembers and 35 passengers died, including the prominent U.S. journalist H.R. Knickerbocker. The accident was attributed to pilot error.45014 August 1943A Stinson Model A of Tata National Airlines, registered VT-AQW, flew into a mountain near Lonavala, Maharashtra, while performing the Poona-Bombay leg of a scheduled service from Colombo to Karachi. Three crewmembers and three passengers died.607 March 1938An Air France Potez 62, registered F-ANQR, crashed following an in-flight fire outside Datia, Madhya Pradesh, while performing the Prayagraj (Allahabad)-Jodhpur leg of a scheduled service from Hanoi to Paris. The three crewmembers and four passengers were killed.70
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