Air India Flight 829

Air India Flight 829 was a Boeing 747-437 which caught fire on the ground at Mumbai, India on 4 September 2009. A successful emergency evacuation was carried out with 21 minor injuries.
Aircraft
The Aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-437, registration VT-ESM, c/n 27078. The aircraft made its first flight on 2 July 1993 and was delivered to Air India on 4 August 1993, serving with Air India since that date.
Accident
Air India Flight 829 was scheduled to depart to Riyadh at 04:30 local time (23:00 UTC on 3 September). The aircraft developed a fault in one of its engines and the passengers were deplaned. It took six hours before a replacement aircraft was available. At 10:50 local time (05:20 UTC),. the replacement aircraft, a Boeing 747-437 was being pushed back when a fire broke out in #1 engine (port outer). The aircraft was carrying 16 crew and 213 passengers.
Investigation
The accident was investigated by the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation. The report listing a number of contributory factors includes maintenance failing, failure of the ground engineer to notice fuel leak, failure of the pilots not to notice fuel leak during walk around inspection, some procedural failures involving communications and air traffic control and a lack of situational awareness and crew co-ordination.<ref name="report" /> The report made seven recommendations.<ref name="report" />

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