On 22 September 1988, AVayudootDornier 228 (registered VT-EJT) was on a scheduled flight fromDr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport,Nagpur to Aurangabad Airport. While landing at Aurangabad, it encountered bad weather and crashed at the undershoot of Runway 27. There were no fatalities. The aircraft was substantially damaged and written-off.[5]
On 26 April 1993,Indian Airlines Flight 491 (IC 491), aBoeing 737-2A8 (registered VT-ECQ) was on its connecting route from Delhi to Mumbai with en route stops atJaipur,Udaipur and Aurangabad. The heavily laden aircraft started its takeoff from Aurangabad's runway 09 in hot and humid temperatures. After lifting off almost at the end of the runway, it impacted heavily with a lorry on a highway at the end of the runway. The left main landing gear and left engine bottom cowling and thrust reverser impacted the left side of the truck at a height of nearly seven feet above the road. Then the aircraft struck high-tension power lines nearly 3 km northeast of the runway and hit the ground. The aircraft was carrying 112 passengers and 6 crew members. 63 persons including the pilot, the co-pilot, and 2 other crew members survived. 53 passengers and 2 crew members died.