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{{Infobox aircraft occurrence<br />
| name = Air India Flight 403<br />
| date = {{Start date|1982|06|21|df=y}}<br />
| summary = [[Pilot error]]; [[inclement weather]] as a contributing factor<br />
| image =Boeing_707-437,_Air-India_AN2227437.jpg<br />
| caption = VT-DJJ, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in February 1976<br />
| occurrence_type = Accident<br />
| site = [[Sahar International Airport]], [[Mumbai]], [[India]]<br />
| aircraft_type = [[Boeing 707]]–437<br />
| aircraft_name = ''[[Gaurishankar|Gauri Shankar]]''<br />
| origin = [[Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport]], Back Then was called Kuala Lumpur Airport<br />
| destination = [[Sahar International Airport]], [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]])<br />
| operator = [[Air India]]<br />
| plane1_IATA = AI403<br />
| plane1_ICAO = AIC403<br />
| plane1_callsign = AIRINDIA 403<br />
| tail_number = VT-DJJ<br />
| occupants = 111<br />
| passengers = 99<br />
| crew = 12<br />
| fatalities = 17<br />
| injuries = 25<br />
| survivors = 94; including [[Raja Ramanna]]<br />
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'''Air India Flight 403''' was a scheduled [[Air India]] [[passenger flight]] that crashed at [[Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport|Sahar International Airport]] in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], India, on 21 June 1982. It was likely caused by miscalculated altitude in a heavy rainstorm.<br />
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==Aircraft==<br />
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 707-437 [[Aircraft registration|registered]] VT-DJJ and named ''Gauri Shankar'' after the [[Gaurishankar|mountain]]. It was the first jetliner inducted into the fleet of an Asian airline, manufactured by [[Boeing Commercial Airplanes]] in 1960 and powered by four [[Rolls-Royce Conway 508]] engines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Loss of control Accident Boeing 707-437 VT-DJJ, Tuesday 22 June 1982 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/327838 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref><br />
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==Accident==<br />
On 21 June 1982, Flight 403 crashed after a botched [[go-around]] during a rainstorm.<ref name="airwhiners">{{cite news|last=Mendis |first=Sean |date=26 July 2004|url=http://www.airwhiners.net/whine_cheez/20040726.htm |title=Air India : The story of the aircraft|work=Airwhiners.net |access-date=13 June 2013}}</ref> Out of 111 occupants on the aircraft, 2 of 12 crew members and 15 of 99 passengers were killed.<ref name="airdisaster">{{Cite web|title=Accident Database: Accident Synopsis 06221982|url=http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=06221982&reg=VT-DJJ&airline=Air+India|website=airdisaster.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616135934/http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=06221982&reg=VT-DJJ&airline=Air+India|archive-date=16 June 2008|url-status=usurped|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Air India plane crashes|url=http://www.airsafe.com/events/airlines/ain.htm|website=airsafe.com|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref> One of the survivors was [[Raja Ramanna]], an Indian nuclear physicist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Singh |first=Chander Uday |date=15 July 1982 |title=Air-India Boeing 707 crash-lands at Bombay airport, 17 killed |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19820715-air-india-boeing-707-crash-lands-at-bombay-airport-17-killed-771963-2013-10-08 |access-date=2025-06-12 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Investigation==<br />
An Indian [[public inquiry]] determined the probable cause of the accident to be "Deliberate reduction of engine power by the pilot 12 seconds prior to first impact due to altitude unawareness resulting in a high rate of descent, very heavy landing and the undershooting of the aircraft by 1300 feet."<ref>{{Cite web|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-437 VT-DJJ Bombay-Santacruz Airport (BOM)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19820622-0|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|access-date=2020-05-25}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Portal|Aviation|1980s|India<br />
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