Summit Air
| Summit Air | |
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| Founding: | 2011 (as Goma Air) |
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Kathmandu , Nepal
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| Home airport : | Surkhet Airport |
| Management: | Bikash JB Rana ( Chairman ) |
| Fleet size: | 3 |
| Aims: | national |
| Website: | www.summitair.com.np |
Summit Air , until March 13, 2017 Goma Air , is a Nepalese airline based in Kathmandu and based at Surkhet Airport .
history
Goma Air was founded in 2011 and specializes in STOL connections in high mountains. Like all Nepalese airlines, it is on the list of operating bans for the airspace of the European Union and is therefore not allowed to fly to the European Union .
fleet
As of September 2018, the Summit Air fleet consists of three aircraft:
| Aircraft type | Aircraft registration | Remarks | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Let L-410 | 9N-AMH | Accident on April 14, 2019, therefore inactive | 18th |
| 9N-AMG | |||
| 9N-AKZ |
Incidents
- On May 27, 2013, a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan ( aircraft registration number 9N-AJU ) was badly damaged in a failed landing at Simikot Airport . The eleven people on board, nine passengers and two crew members, were unharmed.
- On May 27, 2017, a Let L-410 (9N-AKY) cargo aircraft with three people on board failed to land at Lukla Airport . Due to a stall , the machine collided with trees and crashed into an earth wall just before the runway on an incline. The captain and the co-pilot were killed, the third person survived the accident. The cargo flight had started in Kathmandu .
- On April 14, 2019, an aircraft of the type Let L-410 (9N-AMH) with 3 crew members on board at Lukla Airport came off the runway for reasons that have not yet been clarified and collided with 2 parked helicopters. According to the Himalayan Times, 3 people, the co-pilot and 2 police officers on the ground, were killed. Three other people were injured.
See also
Web links
- Website of the Summit Air (English)
- Photos of Goma Air on airliners.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ Aviation Nepal, March 13, 2017: "Goma Air" officially changed name to "Summit Air" , accessed on May 28, 2017
- ↑ gomaair.com - About us ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2016 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. (English), accessed on August 20, 2016
- ↑ European Commission - List of airlines that are prohibited from operating in the EU, accessed on August 20, 2016
- ↑ rzjets.net - Goma Air (English), accessed on September 18, 2018
- ↑ Newly arrived LET 410 UVPE-20 for Summit Air. Retrieved September 18, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ gomaair.com - Fleet ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2016 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. (English), accessed on August 20, 2016
- ↑ a b Crashed in a helicopter: three dead after the accident of a Let L-410 in Lukla. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. April 14, 2019, accessed April 14, 2019 .
- ↑ Accident report Cessna 208B 9N-AJU , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on December 14, 2018
- ^ Accident report LET L-410 9N-AKY , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on May 28, 2017
