2000 Royal Nepal Airlines DHC-6 crash

Commercial aviation incident September 2019 2000 Royal Nepal Airlines DHC-6 crash Royal Nepal Twin Otter Volpati-1.jpg A Royal Nepal Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, similar to the aircraft involved in the accident 27 July 2000 Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error Accident Jogbuda, Dadeldhura District, NepalAccident Record of Nepalese Registered Aeroplanes https://www.caanepal.org.np/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Aeroplane-accident-3.pdf Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal 30 October 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171107010256/https://www.caanepal.org.np/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Aeroplane-accident-3.pdf 7 November 2017 dead 29 02 24 N 80 42 0 E type:event inline,title 25 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Royal Nepal Airlines 9N-ABP Bajhang Airport, Jayaprithvi, Bajhang, Nepal Dhangadhi Airport, Dhangadhi, Nepal 25 22 3 0 On 27 July 2000, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Royal Nepal Airlines crashed in Nepal en route from Bajhang Airport to Dhangadhi Airport on a domestic passenger flight. The wreckage of the aircraft, registration 9N-ABP, was found in Jogbuda, Dadeldhura District. All 22 passengers and the three crew aboard were killed in the crash. An investigation into the crash was launched by Nepalese authorities after the accident site was located.Accident description https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/323463 Aviation Safety Network 30 October 2017Nepal air crash kills 25 BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/853910.stm 30 October 2017 Aircraft The aircraft involved in the crash was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Royal Nepal Airlines. Its maiden flight was in 1979 with Royal Nepal Airlines, which bought the aircraft from manufacturer de Havilland Canada.DHC-6 654 http://twinotterarchive.com/DHC-6_654.html TWINOTTERARCHIVE 30 October 2017 The crash was the eighth accident of this aircraft operated type in service with Royal Nepal Airlines and the twelfth accident involving this type of aircraft in the aviation history of Nepal.Nepal air safety profile https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/country/country.php?id=9N Aviation Safety Network 30 October 2017Royal Nepal Airlines https://asn.flightsafety.org/database/operators/5478 Aviation Safety Network 30 October 2017 Crew and passengers All occupants on board died in the crash; occupants included the three crew members and 22 passengers, of which three were small children. All occupants were Nepalis. Accident The flight was a scheduled 30 minutes domestic flight from Bajhang Airport, where it left at 10:11 Nepal Standard Time for Dhangadhi Airport in Far-Western Nepal. The last radio contact was made at 10:31, just two minutes before the aircraft was expected to land in Dhangadhi. After a helicopter was deployed to the crash site, it was found that the aircraft had collided with trees and crashed on the 1,310 meter (4300 foot) high Jarayakhali Hill of the Sivalik Hills in Jogbuda, Dadeldhura District, where it caught fire.Fixed wing involved in Fatal Air Crashes in Nepal Since 1955 to 2017 14 April 2017 http://www.aviationnepal.com/fixed-wing-involved-in-fatal-air-crashes-in-nepal-since-1955-to-2017/ Aviation Nepal 30 October 2017 See also List of airplane accidents in Nepal References Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 2000 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Nepal Category:2000 in Nepal Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Category:Nepal Airlines accidents and incidents Category:2000 disasters in Nepal Category:July 2000 in Asia