Indian Airlines Flight 605
 An Indian Airlines Airbus A320 similar to the one involved in an accident | |
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 February 1990 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Challaghatta Valley, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Passengers | 139 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 92 |
| Injuries (non-fatal) | 54 |
| Survivors | 54 |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A320-231 |
| Operator | Indian Airlines |
| Registration | VT-EPN |
Indian Airlines Flight 605 was an A320 fly-by-wire flight on 14 February 1990 that crashed on its final approach to Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore) airport, killing 92 people.
The aircraft, an Airbus A320-231, flew from Mumbai (formerly Bombay) airport to Bengaluru-Hindustan Airport, taking off at 11:58. While executing a visual approach to runway 09, the plane was allowed to descend below the safe glide path. Its final approach initially impacted the ground at a local golf club hard enough to become briefly airborne only to hit the ground again, also striking an embankment where it lost its engines and landing gear and came to its final stop, at 13:03.[1]
The probable cause has been reported as the pilots' failure to advance the throttles, even after the radio altitude call-outs of "Four hundred", "Three hundred" and "Two hundred" feet, while the plane was in idle/open descent mode on short final approach.[1]
References
http://lessonslearned.faa.gov/IndianAir605/Indian%20Airlines%20Flt%20605%20%20Accident%20Report.pdf