1993 Everest Air Dornier 228 crash

1993 aviation accident in Nepal 1993 Everest Air Dornier 228 crash Accident A Dornier 228 similar to the one involved ITI dornier do-228.jpg 1.15 31 July 1993 Controlled flight into terrain Near Bharatpur, Nepal 27.738048 84.414139 type:event inline,title Dornier 228-101 Everest Air 9N-ACL Tribhuvan International Airport Bharatpur Airport 19 16 3 19 0 On 31 July 1993, a Dornier 228 passenger turboprop operated by Nepalese airline Everest Air crashed in Tanahun District near Chule Ghopte hill, Nepal. The crash killed all of the 19 passengers and crew on board.18 dead in air crash https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/18-dead-in-air-crash-1458419.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/18-dead-in-air-crash-1458419.html 2022-05-01 subscription live The Independent 1 May 2018 31 July 1993Accident description http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930731-1 Aviation Safety Network 1 May 2018 Aircraft The aircraft involved was a Dornier 228 bearing the registration 9N-ACL. It was built by Dornier Flugzeugwerke in 1984 and was operated by several German airlines and later in the Marshall Islands before being purchased by Everest Air in 1992.April 2026 Accident The aircraft was flying from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu to Bharatpur Airport. There were sixteen passengers, two pilots and a flight attendant on board. After taking off at 14:29 local time (10:29 UTC), there was normal contact until 14:45. After that time, contact was lost. The plane crashed at 14:51. The wreckage was found on Chule Ghopte hill.Eleven charred bodies recovered at wreckage site https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.culture.nepal/W-qyL54GbGI 1 May 2018 Agence France Presse 1 August 1993 All eighteen plane crash victims' bodies identified https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/soc.culture.nepal/W-qyL54GbGI 1 May 2018 Agence France Presse 2 August 1993 Passengers and crew The plane was flown by a Nepali captain and an Indian first officer. Another pilot of Nepal Airlines presumed that the co-pilot was unaware of the mountainous terrain of Nepal. Most of the Nepali passengers were employees of the Ministry of Health on their way to Terrai areas affected by the 1993 Nepal floods.1993 Flood Archive http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/1993sum.htm Dartmouth College 2 May 2018 18 February 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200218230609/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods/Archives/1993sum.htm dead NationalityFatalitiesTotalPassengersCrew Nepal14216 India -11 Japan 1 -1 Hungary 1 - 1Total16319 Investigation The Government of Nepal set up an investigation committee a few days after the accident. It is assumed that the failing Non-Directional Beacon at Bharatpur Airport led to the accident. The device was not working due to recent heavy flooding in the area. See also List of airplane accidents in Nepal References Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1993 Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Nepal Category:1993 in Nepal Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving the Dornier 228 Category:1993 disasters in Nepal Category:July 1993 in Asia