FICCI, was first held 15–18 October 2008. The second edition, India Aviation 2010, was organised from 37 March 2010. The partner country in the second edition was France, and the focus country for the event was the USA. The event was bigger in magnitude to its predecessor. More than 200 exhibitors participated and the exhibition covered a gross area of . 40 aircraft participated, including the Antonov An-148 which was on display for first time in India. More than 500 conference delegates and more than 5000 Business visitors attended the event. Parallel events of International Conference on Civil Aviation and CEOs Forum were also organized. The third edition, India Aviation 2012, was organised in Hyderabad from 1418 March 2012. General aviation and training After the closure of Begumpet Airport for commercial flights, it is being used for aviation and flight training purposes by Telangana Aviation Academy, Asia Pacific Flight Training Academy Ltd., and Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy. Training flights fly only to the south of the airport because of the northern part of the airport being a prohibited airspace for commercial flights. Accidents and incidents On 12 January 1978, an adult male pedestrian was struck and killed by the Boeing 737-2A8 Adv, (registration VT-EFL) operating the flight as it touched down on the runway at Begumpet Airport. Indian Airlines Flight 117 was a scheduled domestic flight from Bombay (now Mumbai) to Hyderabad, India. It was the 504th Boeing 737 built. The aircraft was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-17A turbofan engines. When the aircraft touched down, the flight crew saw a man running across the runway. The aircraft struck the man at high speed and he died while being transported to a hospital. The investigation determined that the man had breached security at Begumpet Airport. VT-EFL did not sustain any damage in the accident and it returned to service with Indian Airlines. In November 1993, an Indian Airlines plane crash landed at the airport. There were no deaths and the plane had to be written off. See also Rajiv Gandhi International AirportThe commercial airport currently serving Hyderabad References External links Hyderabad Airport at Airports Authority of India web site Airports established in 1930 Airports disestablished in 2008 2008 disestablishments in India Airports in Telangana Transport in Hyderabad, India Buildings and structures in Hyderabad, India Establishments in Hyderabad State Defunct airports in India 1930 establishments in British India 20th-century architecture