Here's an AP story about the 747 that flopped into a muddy field when a takeoff was aborted: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1988/07/25/491288.ht

Here's an AP story about the 747 that flopped into a muddy field when a takeoff was aborted: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1988/07/25/491288.html?pageNumber=3 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1988/07/25/491... Runway Accident in India NEW DELHI, India (AP) — An Air France Boeing 747 jet carrying 275 peo- ple swerved off a runway at New Del- hi's airport and crashed into a field to- day after the pilot aborted takeoff be- cause he thought an engine was on fire, airport officials said. No one was seri- ously injured in the accident, the Air- port Authority said. Indian news agen- cies said several passengers on the flight, which had been bound for Paris, were treated for minor cuts and bruises after evacuating the plane through emergency chutes.