Buddha Air Flight 103
2011 aviation accident From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 25 September 2011, Buddha Air Flight 103, a Beechcraft 1900D commuter aircraft, crashed near Lalitpur, Nepal, while attempting to land in poor weather at nearby Kathmandu Airport. All 19 passengers and crew on board were killed. The aircraft, operated by Buddha Air, was on a sightseeing flight to Mount Everest.[1][2][3]
 9N-AEK, the aircraft involved | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 September 2011 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Kotdanda, Lalitpur, Nepal 27°37′31″N 85°22′28″E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft 1900D |
| Operator | Buddha Air |
| Registration | 9N-AEK |
| Flight origin | Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Destination | Tribhuvan International Airport |
| Occupants | 19 |
| Passengers | 16 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 19 (initially 18) |
| Survivors | 0 (initially 1) |
The aircraft was a 19-seat Beechcraft 1900D twin-engine turboprop airliner; it was thirteen years old and registered in Nepal as 9N-AEK. Initial investigations revealed that the aircraft was being operated under VFR (Visual Flight Rules); and two minutes before it was due to land it entered clouds and crashed at 5400 feet. Air traffic controllers and members of the investigation team claim the reason for the crash was pilot error.
The sixteen passengers included ten Indian nationals, one Japanese, two Americans and three Nepalese.[4]
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