Accident Description
Less than five minutes after a night takeoff from Bombay-Santa Cruz Airport, while climbing, the aircraft entered a nose-down attitude, plunged into the earth, and crashed in a huge explosion approximately 32 km north of the airport. The aircraft disintegrated on impact. All 29 occupants were killed, along with one person on the ground. A few houses were damaged, and a few other people were injured.
Probable Cause
Investigations determined that the loss of control was the consequence of the partial or complete failure of all four engines during the initial climb. Reports concluded that during a stop at Bombay Airport, ground staff transferred the wrong type of fuel into the aircraft's tanks: regular benzin instead of kerosene.