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{{Infobox aircraft occurrence<br />
| name = Indian Airlines Flight 403<br />
| image = Indian Airlines Boeing 737-2A8; VT-EGE, December 1998 BUI (5404996252).jpg<br />
| caption = An Indian Airlines Boeing 737-200 similar to the one involved<br />
| occurrence_type = Accident<br />
| date = {{start date|1978|12|17|df=y}}<br />
| summary = [[Runway overrun]] due to mechanical failure<br />
| site = [[Begumpet Airport]], [[Telangana]], India<br />
| total_fatalities = 4<br />
| aircraft_type = [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737-2A8]]<br />
| operator = [[Indian Airlines]]<br />
| tail_number = VT-EAL<br />
| ICAO = IAC403<br />
| IATA = IC403<br />
| callsign = INDAIR 403<br />
| origin = Begumpet Airport, Telangana<br />
| destination = [[Bangalore International Airport]]<br />
| occupants = 132<br />
| passengers = 126<br />
| crew = 6<br />
| fatalities = 1<br />
| survivors = 131<br />
| ground_fatalities = 3<br />
}}<br />
'''Indian Airlines Flight 403<ref name="timetableimages">{{Cite web |url=http://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ai/ai77/ai77-9.jpg |title=Indian Airlines flight schedule, September 1977 |access-date=1 December 2021 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305112517/https://www.timetableimages.com/ttimages/ai/ai77/ai77-9.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref>''' was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from [[Begumpet Airport]] in [[Hyderabad]] to [[Bangalore]]. On 17 December 1978, the [[Boeing 737-2A8]] crashed during [[takeoff]], killing one passenger and causing three additional ground casualties.<ref name="asn">{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2A8 VT-EAL Hyderabad-Begumpet Airport (HYD)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19781217-0|access-date=1 April 2021|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref><br />
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== Aircraft ==<br />
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-2A8 registered as VT-EAL. The plane was seven years and ten months old at the time of the crash.<ref name="asn" /> It was powered by two [[Pratt & Whitney JT8D|Pratt & Whitney JT8D-9A]] turbojet engines.{{cn|date=June 2025|reason=Unreliable source removed}}<br />
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== Accident ==<br />
During takeoff from Runway 09 at Begumpet Airport, the aircraft entered a [[Stall (fluid dynamics)|stall]]. The flight crew [[Aborted take-off|aborted]] the takeoff and attempted a [[wheels-up landing]]. The aircraft skidded {{Convert|3080|ft|m}}, overshooting the runway and breaking the airport's perimeter fence before coming to a stop in flames. One passenger was killed, along with three more people who were cutting grass near the airport fence at the time of the accident.<ref name="asn" /><br />
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== Investigation ==<br />
Investigators determined that the leading edge devices were not extended during [[Rotation (aeronautics)|rotation]] due to a technical fault.<ref name="asn" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[China Northwest Airlines Flight 2119]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:History of Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Telangana]]<br />
[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1978]]<br />
[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in India]]<br />
[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 Original]]<br />
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