Buddha Air Flight 103

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Buddha Air Flight 103
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Gear and empennage at the crash site
Accident
Date25 September 2011
Summary Controlled flight into terrain
SiteKotdanda, Lalitpur, Nepal
27°37′31″N85°22′28″E / 27.62528°N 85.37444°E / 27.62528; 85.37444
Aircraft
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9N-AEK, the aircraft involved
Aircraft type Beechcraft 1900D
Operator Buddha Air
Call signBUDDHA AIR 103
Registration 9N-AEK
Flight origin Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal
DestinationTribhuvan International Airport
Occupants19
Passengers16
Crew3
Fatalities19 (initially 18)
Survivors0 (initially 1)

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]

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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]

Investigation

A Nepali aviation agency found that the first officer only had 18 hours of flying experience in the type. The aircraft entered a cloud bank two minutes before landing, and was flying at 5,000 feet instead of the 6,000 feet assigned at that area. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "18 dead after tourist plane crashes in Nepal". Australia: ABC News. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "Deaths in Nepal plane crash". Al Jazeera English. 25 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Molnar, Matt (25 September 2011). "Mount Everest Tour Plane Crashes in Nepal". nycaviation.com. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Buddha Bud Air plane crashes, 19 dead". My Republica. 25 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  5. ↑ https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-beechcraft-1900d-kathmandu-19-killed


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