On 7 July 1999, the Boeing 727 operating the flight crashed into Champadevi Hills at 2,200 metres (7,200 ft) altitude with no survivors amongst the 5 occupants on board.

It was delivered previously to Alitalia in 1981 as I-DIRS with Continental Airlines too operating the airframe as N586PE and N14416 before delivery to Hinduja Cargo Services as VT-LCI.

[5] There were 5 crew members on board, namely Gonjalez, Shahni, Vargava, Singh and Roy.

[1][7] The Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) activated and sounded an alarm in the cockpit for 11 seconds.

The speed was reduced to 171 knots (317 km/h; 197 mph) causing the stick shaker to activate.