1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision
| Accident summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | 12 November 1996 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision caused by pilot error on Kazakhstan Airlines aircraft |
| Site | Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, India |
| Total fatalities | 349 |
| Total survivors | 0 |
| First aircraft | |
 HZ-AIA, a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-100B similar to the aircraft involved in the collision. |
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| Type | Boeing 747-168B |
| Operator | Saudi Arabian Airlines |
| Registration | HZ-AIH |
| Flight origin |
Indira Gandhi Int'l Airport Delhi, India |
| Destination |
Dhahran International Airport Dhahran, Saudi Arabia |
| Passengers | 289 |
| Crew | 23 |
| Fatalities | 312 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
 UN-76435, the Kazakhstan Airlines aircraft involved in the accident, in 1994. |
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| Type | Ilyushin Il-76TD |
| Operator | Kazakhstan Airlines |
| Registration | UN-76435 |
| Flight origin | Shymkent Int'l Airport |
| Destination | Indira Gandhi Int'l Airport |
| Passengers | 27 |
| Crew | 10 |
| Fatalities | 37 |
| Survivors | 0 |
 Pre-Crash photos of the two airliners at Airliners.net
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The Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision occurred on 12 November 1996 over the village of Charkhi Dadri, to the west of New Delhi, India. The aircraft involved were a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747-100B en route from Delhi to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 en route from Chimkent, Kazakhstan, to Delhi. The crash killed all 349 people on board both planes, making it the world's deadliest mid-air collision, the deadliest aviation accident to occur in India, and the third-deadliest aircraft accident in the history of aviation, behind only the Tenerife airport disaster and Japan Airlines Flight 123.
The Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) Boeing 747-168B, registration HZ-AIH, was flying the first leg of a scheduled international Delhi–Dhahran–Jeddah passenger service as Flight SVA763 with 312 occupants on board; the Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76TD, registration UN-76435, was on a charter service from Chimkent to Delhi as KZA1907. SVA763 departed Delhi at 18:32 local time. KZA1907 was, at the same time, descending to land at Delhi. Both flights were controlled by approach controller VK Dutta. The crew of SVA763 consisted of Captain Khalid Al Shubaily, First Officer Nazir Khan, and Flight Engineer Edris. On KZA1907, Gennadi Cherepanov served as the pilot and Egor Repp served as the radio operator.
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