Buddha Air Flight 103

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]

Buddha Air Flight 103
9N-AEK, the aircraft involved
Accident
Date25 September 2011
SummaryControlled flight into terrain
SiteKotdanda, Lalitpur, Nepal
27°37′31″N 85°22′28″E
Aircraft
Aircraft typeBeechcraft 1900D
OperatorBuddha Air
Registration9N-AEK
Flight originTribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal
DestinationTribhuvan International Airport
Occupants19
Passengers16
Crew3
Fatalities19
Survivors0

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] All but one of the passengers and the three crew died at the scene of the accident; one Nepalese passenger was rescued but died on the way to hospital.

References
  1. "18 dead after tourist plane crashes in Nepal". 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.
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