Buddha Air Flight 103
2011 aviation accident
27°37′31″N 85°22′28″E / 27.62528°N 85.37444°E / 27.62528; 85.37444
On 25 September 2011, Buddha Air Flight 103, a Beechcraft 1900D commuter aircraft, crashed near Lalitpur, Nepal, while attempting to land in poor weather at nearby Kathmandu Airport. All 19 passengers and crew on board were killed. The aircraft, operated by Buddha Air, was on a sightseeing flight to Mount Everest.[1][2][3]
Aircraft
The aircraft was a 19-seat Beechcraft 1900D twin-engine turboprop airliner; it was thirteen years old and registered in Nepal as 9N-AEK. Initial investigations revealed that the aircraft was being operated under VFR (Visual Flight Rules); and two minutes before it was due to land it entered clouds and crashed at 5400 feet. Air traffic controllers and members of the investigation team claim the reason for the crash was pilot error.
Passengers
The sixteen passengers included ten Indian nationals, one Japanese, two Americans and three Nepalese.[4]
References
- ^ "18 dead after tourist plane crashes in Nepal". ABC News. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Deaths in Nepal plane crash". Al Jazeera English. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ Molnar, Matt (25 September 2011). "Mount Everest Tour Plane Crashes in Nepal". nycaviation.com. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Buddha Bud Air plane crashes, 19 dead". My Republica. 25 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
External links
- Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- Buddha Air
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Aviation accidents and incidents in Nepal
- Nepal plane hijack (June 1973)
- Thai Airways International Flight 311 (July 1992)
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268 (September 1992)
- Everest Air Dornier 228 crash (July 1993)
- Hinduja Cargo Services Flight 8533 (July 1999)
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- Indian Airlines flight 814 hijacking (December 1999)
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