Indian Airlines Flight 113
VT-EAH, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in 1978 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 October 1988 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error and ATC error under poor visibility |
| Site | |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-2A8 |
| Operator | Indian Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | IC113 |
| ICAO flight No. | IAC113 |
| Call sign | INDAIR 113 |
| Registration | VT-EAH |
| Flight origin | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Destination | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Occupants | 135 |
| Passengers | 129 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 133 |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Survivors | 2 |
Indian Airlines Flight 113 was a domestic passenger flight operating from Mumbai to Ahmedabad that crashed on its final approach to Ahmedabad Airport on 19 October 1988, killing 133 of the 135 people on board.
The crash was the deadliest crash in the history of Indian Airlines. It is now the fifth-deadliest civil aviation accident in India after the 1996 Charkhi Dadri mid-air collision, Air India Flight 171 (2025), Air India Flight 855 (1978), and Air India Express Flight 812 (2010).