Fatal Mission: V643

Documenting the November 4, 1977 Incident....

On November 4, 1977, an Indian Air Force TU-124K was on a VIP Mission from Delhi to Jorhat. V643 crash-landed in a paddy field on final approach. The cockpit crew perished in the accident. Prime Minister Moraji Desai, his entourage, and the remaining crew survived.

“Man must rise above the Earth—to the top of the atmosphere and beyond—for only thus will he fully understand the world in which he lives”Socrates