VT-EBO — routes, history & safety record

FlightFinder has no observed route profile for this registration. The documented safety events below are available independently of live flight tracking.

Safety history

May 7, 1990AccidentHull loss
After touchdown at New Delhi-Indira Gandhi Airport following an uneventful flight from London-Heathrow Airport, the crew started the braking procedure and activated the thrust reversers when the pylon of the engine n°1 failed. The engine partially detached, causing a fuel line to rupture and the fuel to ignite.
Boeing 747-200
The accident was caused due to the migration of the improperly installed diagonal-brace aft fuse-pin of the No.1 engine from its fitting which substantially reduced the load carrying capability of the engine fittings resulting in failure of the upper-link forward fuse pin due to excessive loads on account of probably improper landing leading to a partial… Full accident record

Transportation Safety Board of Canada records1 on file

May 9, 1989Incident
Boeing 747-237B · North Atlantic · A89A0106
Gbdel a b747 was progressing eastbd on same track & following vtebo also a b747 same altitude fl370 . They progressed by oyst

Source: TSB Aviation Safety Information System (ASIS) (open data).