Necon Air Flight 128
1999 aviation accident From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1999 aviation accident From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Necon Air Flight 128 (3Z 128/NEC 128) was a scheduled domestic flight from Pokhara Airport to Kathmandu Airport in Nepal on 5 September 1999. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 crashed when it hit a telecommunications tower near Indrathan Hill.[1][2]
Accident | |
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Date | 5 September 1999 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
Site | 15 km west of Kathmandu, Nepal 27°42′47″N 85°14′49″E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | BAe 748 Super 2B |
Operator | Necon Air |
Registration | 9N-AEG |
Flight origin | Pokhara Airport, Nepal |
Destination | Kathmandu Airport, Nepal |
Passengers | 10 |
Crew | 5 |
Fatalities | 15 |
Injuries | 0 |
Survivors | 0 |
The aircraft involved was a Series B Hawker Siddeley HS 748 built in 1988, bought from UNI Air in November 1997.[1] At that time, the airline operated three other 748s.
Flight 128 departed from Pokhara at 10:00 for a 35-minute domestic flight to Kathmandu. While approaching Tribhuvan Airport's runway 02 at 10:25 am local time, the aircraft hit a telecommunications tower, killing all five crew members and all ten passengers.[3] It was Necon Air's second fatal accident in 1999.[2][1]
Due to the hard impact into ground after the accident, none of the fifteen occupants survived the crash.[4]
Nationality | Passengers | Crew | Total |
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Nepal | 5 | 5 | 10 |
India | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 10 | 5 | 15 |
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