Incident Overview
Date: Sunday 5 September 1999
Aircraft Type: British Aerospace BAe-748-501 Srs. 2B
Owner/operator: Necon Air
Registration Number: 9N-AEG
Location: ca 15 km W of Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM) –
ÿ Nepal
Phase of Flight: Approach
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15
Component Affected: Aircraft structure and control systems.Aircraft structure and control systems.
Category: Accident
A flight carrying passengers from Pokhara to Kathmandu experienced a catastrophic collision with a communication tower near Tribhuvan Airport. The aircraft crashed in a wooded area west of the airport runway.A flight carrying passengers from Pokhara to Kathmandu experienced a catastrophic collision with a communication tower near Tribhuvan Airport. The aircraft crashed in a wooded area west of the airport runway.
Description
Flight 128 departed Pokhara at 10:00 for a 35-minute domestic flight to Kathmandu. At 15 km west of Kathmandu, while approaching Tribhuvan Airport runway 02, the aircraft collided with a communication tower of Nepal Telecommunication Corporation and crashed in a wooded area.
Primary Cause
Mechanical failure ? likely a collision with the communication tower.Mechanical failure ? likely a collision with the communication tower.Share on:
