Charkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision
Source: flyarik.blogspot.com
This mid-air collision involved two planes; Saudia Flight 763 and Kazakhstan Airlines Flight 1907 which occurred in northern India. The air traffic controller failed to notice that one of the planes was flying at the wrong attitude. Ilyushin 11-76 operated by the Kazakhstan Airlines was unable to follow controllers instructions to fly at 15,000 feet and instead descended to 14,500 feet. This mistake is what caused the crash with Boeing 747 which was heading in the opposite direction. The 1996 incidence was witnessed by a US Air Force aircraft that was passing by. The final report concluded that the Kazakhstan Airlines pilot’s failure to follow cockpit instructions is what caused 349 innocent lives.