Incident Ilyushin Il-18D DM-STM,
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Date:Thursday 14 December 1972
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic IL18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Ilyushin Il-18D
Owner/operator:Interflug
Registration: DM-STM
MSN: 188010805
Year of manufacture:1968
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 28
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:Bombay Juhu airfield -   India
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:
Destination airport:VABB
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Landed on the wrong Bombay airfield. Touched down at the small Juhu airstrip instead of the large Santa Cruz Airport. Twenty passengers (12 Bangladesh, eight Germans) and eight crew, including two hostesses on way to Dacca.

Sources:

https://streaming.britishpathe.com/hls-vod/MEDIA-4/archive/4CWE/2015-08-10T102120Z_1_LVA4XIVV97Y21PLMH6QGQH0GEWC4_RTRWNEV_F_INDIA-EAST-GERMAN-AIRLINER-MAKES-MISTAKE-LANDING-AND-REPEATS.MP4.m3u8#
New Straits Times 15 December 1972, p32

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Dec-2018 18:42 TB Added
08-Dec-2018 18:45 TB Updated [Nature]
08-Dec-2018 19:03 TB Updated [Destination airport]
01-Feb-2019 21:15 TB Updated [Total occupants, Nature, Source, Narrative]

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