What happened
At 03:48 local time, an aircraft departed from runway 09 at Nagpur Airport, bound for New Delhi. Shortly after takeoff, approximately two minutes into the flight, the aircraft was performing a climb at a low altitude. During this phase, the pilot-in-command initiated a sharp turn to the left. This maneuver caused the aircraft to enter a stall, leading to a crash in an open field situated 5,650 feet beyond the end of the runway. The impact and subsequent post-crash fire resulted in the total destruction of the aircraft and ten fatalities.
Findings
Investigations concluded that the accident occurred because the aircraft slipped into the ground during a poorly executed steep turn to port. This maneuver was performed at night while the plane was at a low altitude. While the pilot chose a left-hand turn rather than the more common right-hand departure pattern used for flights from runway 27, this specific direction was not considered a primary factor in the crash. Instead, the improper execution of the steep turn was the critical element. Investigators noted several possibilities for why such an aggressive turn was attempted, including an effort to reach the flight path quickly, a reliance on visual references rather than instruments, or potential errors caused by misleading instrument readings.