Nepal Airlines Flight 183
| Nepal Airlines Flight 183 | |
|---|---|
 Wreckage of the aircraft |
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| Accident summary | |
| Accident type | controlled flight into terrain |
| place | near Sandhikhark, Nepal |
| date | February 16, 2014 |
| Fatalities | 18 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
| operator | Nepal Airlines |
| Mark | 9N-FIG |
| Departure airport | Kathmandu Airport |
| Stopover | Pokhara airport |
| Destination airport | Jumla Airport |
| Passengers | 15th |
| crew | 3 |
| Lists of aviation accidents | |
On February 16, 2014, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed on Nepal Airlines Flight 183 . The three crew members and all 15 passengers were killed in the accident.
Plane and crew
The plane of the Nepalese airline Nepal Airlines , which had been in service since 1971, had had more than 43,900 flight hours behind it at the time of the accident.
The captain had completed over 8,000 flight hours and the copilot over 350 hours.
Course of the accident
The plane coming from Kathmandu took off at 12.43 p.m. from Pokhara Airport with three crew members and 15 passengers for the onward flight to Jumla . Due to the weather and poor visibility, the pilots did not choose a direct route to the destination airport, but instead switched to a route further south. To avoid the increasingly bad weather, the machine changed its altitude and course several times. The crew finally decided to move to Bhairahawa . For this purpose, the master made a right turn and initiated the descent . Immediately afterwards, at around 1.30 p.m., the aircraft hit a tree and hit just below a ridge for the first time, separating the left wing from the fuselage. After the first contact with the ground, the plane slipped over the ridge and fell on the other side of the mountain. The wreck was found at an altitude of 2192 meters (7190 feet).
causes
After an investigation, it was found that both poor coordination and poor weather conditions led to the crash. According to the cockpit voice recorder , the co-pilot warned against changing course at this position.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official investigation report of the Nepalese government ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Aircraft accident data and report from Nepal Airlines Flight 183 in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on December 20, 2014.
Coordinates: 27 ° 54 ′ 36 ″ N , 83 ° 7 ′ 12 ″ E