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Coordinates: 27°41′13″N 86°43′47″E / 27.68694°N 86.72972°E / 27.68694; 86.72972
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{{Infobox Airliner accident
{{Planetbox begin
|name=2008 Yeti Airlines Flight 103
| name = WASP-11b/HAT-P-10b
|date= {{startdate|2008|10|08|df=yes}}
}}
|type= Under investigation
{{Planetbox star
|site=[[Lukla Airport]], <br />{{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Nepal]]
| star = WASP-11/HAT-P-10<ref name="schneider">{{cite web|url=http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=WASP-11/HAT-P-10|title=Notes for star WASP-11/HAT-P-10|author=Schneider, J.|work=The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia|accessdate=2008-09-29}}</ref>
|origin=[[Kathmandu]], Nepal
| RA = {{RA|03|09|28.55}}<ref name="bakos08">{{cite arXiv|title=HAT-P-10b: A light and moderately hot Jupiter transiting a K dwarf|author=Bakos, G. A. ''et al.''|eprint=0809.4295|class=astro-ph|year=2008|version=v1|accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref>
|destination=Lukla Airport, Nepal
| DEC = {{DEC|+30|40|24.9}}<ref name="bakos08" />
|passengers=19
| constell = [[Perseus (constellation)|Perseus]]
|survivors=1
| dist_ly = 408{{±|20|16}}<ref name="bakos08" />
|fatalities=18
| dist_pc = 125{{±|6|5}}<ref name="bakos08" />
|coords={{Coord|27|41|13|N|86|43|47|E|type:airport|display=inline,title}}
| class = K3V<ref name="west08">{{cite paper|title=The sub-Jupiter mass transiting exoplanet WASP-11b|author=West, R. G. ''et al.''|date=2008|accessdate=2008-09-26|url=http://exoplanet.eu/papers/wasp11.pdf|format=pdf}}</ref>
}}
|}}
{{Planetbox orbit
| semimajor = 0.0439{{±|0.0006|0.0009}}<ref name="bakos08" />
| period = 3.7224690 ± 0.0000067<ref name="bakos08" />
| inclination = 88.5 ± 0.6<ref name="bakos08" />
| eccentricity = 0<ref name="bakos08" />
| t_transit = 2454729.90631 ± 0.00030<ref name="bakos08" />
| semi-amp = 69.1 ± 3.5<ref name="bakos08" />
}}
{{Planetbox character
| mass = 0.460 ± 0.028<ref name="bakos08" />
| radius = 1.045{{±|0.050|0.033}}<ref name="bakos08" />
| density = 498 ± 64<ref name="bakos08" />
| gravity = 10.5<ref name="bakos08" />
| temperature = 1030{{±|26|19}}<ref name="bakos08" />
}}
{{Planetbox discovery
| discovery_date = April 1, 2008 (announced)<br />September 26, 2008 (preprints)
| discoverers = West et al. ([[SuperWASP]])<br />Bakos et al. ([[HATNet Project|HATNet]])
| discovery_method = Transit
| discovery_status=Preprint ([[arXiv]])
}}
{{Planetbox catalog
| names = WASP-11b, HAT-P-10b
}}
{{Planetbox end}}


On 8 October 2008, eighteen people died when '''Yeti Airlines Flight 103''', a [[De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]] Series 300 registered as 9N-AFE, crashed on final approach to [[Lukla airport|Tenzing-Hillary airport]] in the eastern Nepal town of [[Lukla]] from [[Kathmandu]].<ref name="AvHerald" />
'''WASP-11b/HAT-P-10b''' is an [[extrasolar planet]] discovered in 2008. The discovery was announced (under the designation WASP-11b) by press release by the [[SuperWASP]] project in April 2008 along with planets [[WASP-6b]] through to [[WASP-15b]], however at this stage more data was needed to confirm the parameters of the planets and the coordinates were not given.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superwasp.org/wasp_planets.htm|title=The Planets|work=SuperWASP|accessdate=2008-09-26}}</ref> On 26 September 2008, the HATNet Project's paper describing the planet which they designated HAT-P-10b appeared on the [[arXiv]] preprint server.<ref name="bakos08" /> Simultaneously the SuperWASP team's paper appeared as a preprint on the [[Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia]],<ref name="west08" /> confirming that the two objects (WASP-11b and HAT-P-10b) were in fact the same, and the teams agreed to use the combined designation.<ref name="schneider" />

==Crash==
The airport is the main access to the [[Everest|Mount Everest]] base camp, and is a notoriously difficult landing, with only 550&nbsp;m of steeply sloped runway just 20&nbsp;m wide and an obstructed approach path.<ref>[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-rQcLcq5G2XM4faqoxeFW5FKC9w "Everest plane crash kills 18 tourists in Nepal"] ''AFP'' 8 October 2008</ref> The aircraft's wheels were reported to have clipped a fence while landing in fog, causing the plane to crash and burst into flames.

==Casualties==
Eighteen of the dead were reported to be tourists. Twelve of the passengers on the flight were German and two Australian. The only survivor was Surendra Kunwar, one of the pilots of the plane who was dragged free from the wreckage shortly after the crash and was flown out to Kathmandu for emergency treatment.<ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=aOdqoHBqlxh0&refer=germany Bloomberg: Nepal Plane Crash Kills 18; Most Were German Tourists] 8 October 2008 </ref><ref>Matt Johnston, David Hastie [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24467985-661,00.html "Everest plane crash claims Australian couple"] ''Herald Sun'' 9 October 2008 </ref><ref name="AvHerald">Urs Wildermuth [http://avherald.com/h?article=40df1dd9&opt=1 "Crash: Yeti Airlines DHC6 at Lukla, on October 8th, 2008, crashed on runway"] ''[[Aviation Herald]]'' 8 October 2008 </ref>


==References==
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[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2008]]
[[Category:Transiting planets]]
[[Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Nepal]]
[[Category:Hot Jupiters]]
[[Category:Sub-Jupiter mass planets]]

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Revision as of 16:23, 10 October 2008

2008 Yeti Airlines Flight 103
Occurrence
Date8 October 2008 (2008-10-08)
SummaryUnder investigation
SiteLukla Airport,
Nepal Nepal
27°41′13″N 86°43′47″E / 27.68694°N 86.72972°E / 27.68694; 86.72972
Flight originKathmandu, Nepal
DestinationLukla Airport, Nepal
Passengers19
Fatalities18
Survivors1

On 8 October 2008, eighteen people died when Yeti Airlines Flight 103, a De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300 registered as 9N-AFE, crashed on final approach to Tenzing-Hillary airport in the eastern Nepal town of Lukla from Kathmandu.[1]

Crash

The airport is the main access to the Mount Everest base camp, and is a notoriously difficult landing, with only 550 m of steeply sloped runway just 20 m wide and an obstructed approach path.[2] The aircraft's wheels were reported to have clipped a fence while landing in fog, causing the plane to crash and burst into flames.

Casualties

Eighteen of the dead were reported to be tourists. Twelve of the passengers on the flight were German and two Australian. The only survivor was Surendra Kunwar, one of the pilots of the plane who was dragged free from the wreckage shortly after the crash and was flown out to Kathmandu for emergency treatment.[3][4][1]

References

  1. ^ a b Urs Wildermuth "Crash: Yeti Airlines DHC6 at Lukla, on October 8th, 2008, crashed on runway" Aviation Herald 8 October 2008
  2. ^ "Everest plane crash kills 18 tourists in Nepal" AFP 8 October 2008
  3. ^ Bloomberg: Nepal Plane Crash Kills 18; Most Were German Tourists 8 October 2008
  4. ^ Matt Johnston, David Hastie "Everest plane crash claims Australian couple" Herald Sun 9 October 2008
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