Incident Overview

Description
A Douglas DC-8-53 passenger plane, registered JA8013, was damaged beyond repair in runway excursion accident at Bombay-Juhu Airport, India. There were no fatalities. Japan Air Lines flight JL472 was an international service from Frankfurt (FRA), Germany to Tokyo, Japan with en route stops at Rome, Italy, Beirut (BEY), Lebanon, Tehran (THR), Iran, and Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM), India. The crew were cleared for a visual approach and landing on runway 09 at Bombay’s (now named Mumbai) Santacruz Airport. Instead of landing at Santacruz Airport, the airplane touched down on runway 08 of nearby Juhu Airport. The runway length at Juhu just 1143 m, which was insufficient for the airplane to stop. The aircraft overran the runway and went through a ditch. A fire broke out.
Primary Cause
Runway excursion due to insufficient runway length.Runway excursion due to insufficient runway length.Share on: