Incident Overview
Description
Indian Airlines flight 171, a Caravelle, crashed near Bombay, India, following an uncontained engine failure and subsequent fire, killing all 95 occupants A no. 2 engine failure after takeoff from runway 27 forced the crew to return to Mumbai (Bombay). A fire erupted in the no. 2 engine area, reaching the hydraulic reservoir (located aft of the pressure bulkhead), draining it of all but accumulated pressure. Pitch control was lost while on approach to runway 09; the aircraft crashed 45-deg. nose down into the ground from a height of 300 feet, 1000 feet short of the runway. PROBABLE CAUSE: 10th Stage compressor disc failure; fuel lines were severed by debris, causing a fire in the no.2 engine area. The fire spread because the crew didn’t shut off the fuel supply.
Source of Information
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z-8vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gV0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=indian%20airlines%20bombay%20crash&pg=3759%2C3374820https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z-8vAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gV0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=indian%20airlines%20bombay%20crash&pg=3759%2C3374820Primary Cause
10th Stage compressor disc failure; fuel lines were severed by debris, causing a fire in the no.2 engine area.10th Stage compressor disc failure; fuel lines were severed by debris, causing a fire in the no.2 engine area.Share on:
