A Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 collided in mid-air near Delhi. The crash happened due to miscommunication and wrong altitude instructions.

Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision (1996) The deadliest aviation disaster in India and the world’s deadliest mid-air collision, involving a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and a Kazakhstan ...

Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision (1996): This mid-air collision between a Kazakhstan Airlines flight and a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight killed all 349 people on board. The collision was caused by ...

Meta Description: List of major aviation crashes in India, including Air India Express Flight 1344 and Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision.

November 12, 1996 – A midair collision between a Saudi Arabian Airlines 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines II-76 takes place at the New Delhi, India airport. All 349 people on both airplanes are killed.

November 12, 1996, Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision: Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 and Kazakhstan Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 collided near Delhi, killing all 349 people on both aircraft. The cause ...

The deadly crash marks the worst air disaster in India since Nov. 12, 1996, when a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight collided midair with a Kazakhstan Airlines Flight near Charki Dadri in Haryana ...

This crash over India involved Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763, flying from New Delhi to Dhahran, and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, flying from Kazakhstan to New Delhi.

It claimed 349 lives when two planes — Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763, a Boeing 747 departing Delhi, and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907, an Ilyushin Il-76 arriving in Delhi — crashed into ...

Throughout Thursday, on this page, we'll provide updates on the Air India crash, the plane's passengers and what this crash could mean for Boeing.

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The accident involved a Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747, which collided in mid-air with Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907. All 349 people on board both planes were killed, making it the deadliest ...