Air India Flight 855
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Air India Flight 855 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bombay, India, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. On 1 January 1978, the Boeing 747 operating the flight crashed into the Arabian Sea about 3 km
VT-EBD, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1977
On 12 November 1996, Saudia Flight 763, a Boeing 747-100 en route from Delhi, India, to Jeddah, with a stopover in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76 en rout
Air India Flight 855
…years later by the bombing of Flight 182 and was the deadliest airliner accident in Indian history until it was surpassed nearly 19 years later by the Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision. The aircraft involved, manufactured in 1971, was a Boeing 747-237B named Emperor Ashoka and registered as VT-EBD. This particular 747 was the first…
Firefighters at the crash site of Flight 763
HZ-AIH, the Boeing 747-168B involved in the collision, seen in 1986
UN-76435, the Ilyushin Il-76TD involved in the collision, seen in 1994