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UK Participating in Sita Air Accident, Nepal
What: Sita Air Dornier 228-202 en route from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Lukla Where: 500 Meters from airport When: Sept 28, 2012 Who: 19 fatalities Update: Because seven British subjects were killed aboard the Sita Air crash on September 28, the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch will be joining the accident investigation. The British fatalities... »
EVEREST Plane Crash 19 Killed
What: Sita Air Dornier 228-202 en route from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Lukla Where: 500 Meters from airport When: Sept 28, 2012 Who: 19 fatalities Why: After takeoff, the pilot hit a vulture. The pilot attempted to return to the airport. (The vulture strike is unconfirmed.) Villagers could not assist because of the fire. Firefighters... »
21 Aboard in Agni Air Crash In Nepal
What: Agni Air Dornier 228 en route from Pokhara to Jomsome Airport, Nepal Where: Jomsom Airport, Nepal When: May 14, 2012, 9.45 a.m Who: 21 aboard, 15 fatalities 18 passengers, 3 crew Why: Fifteen minutes after taking off from Pokhara, the plane with 21 passengers aboard crashed by Jomsom Airport, Nepal. Reports say that... »
Skywork Emergency Return to Bern, No Injuries Reported
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Johan Knijn What: Skywork Airlines Dornier Do-328-100 en route from Bern to Vienna Where: Zurich When: Mar 14th 2012 Why: While en route, the plane developed a problem with cabin pressure. The crew had perform a descent to safe levels. Pilots returned to Bern... »
Outboard Door Outward Bound
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Andre Wadman What: Skyworks Dornier Do-328 from Berne Switzerland to Hamburg Where: Hamburg When: Nov 30th 2011 Who: not available Why: After landing in Hamburg, maintenance ground crew found that the “left main gear outboard door” had not made the flight with the rest... »
Nepal Hard Landing
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Michael Fritz What: Nepal Food Corporation/Tara Air Dornier Do228 a freight flight from Nepalgunj to Simikot Where: Simikot When: Jun 23rd 2011 Who: 3 crew Why: The pilot made a hard landing at Simikot, and rolled over an embankment off the runway. There was... »
Louisville- Vision Airlines Copes With Hydraulic Emergency
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Fred Seggie What: Vision Airlines Dornier Do-328-100 en route from Atlanta to Louisville Where: Louisville When: May 11th 2011, 8 pm Who: 21 aboard Why: After takeoff from Atlanta, the pilots experienced hydraulic problems, which they attempted to amend while en route. They announced... »
Nepal: Sita Air Flight Overrun, Strikes Wall
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Richard Vandervord What: Sita Air Dornier 228 en route from Kathmandu to Lukla Where: Lukla, Nepal When: Oct 12 2010 Who: 11 passengers, 3 crew Why: On landing at Lukla, the brakes failed, and the plane overran the (527 meter) short inclined runway and... »
All Lost in Agni Air Crash, Nepal
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Vivek Manvi What: Agni Air Dornier 228-101 en route from Katmandu to Lukla Where: Bastipur, ~18nm SSW of Kathmandu, Nepal When: Aug 24, 2010 Who: 14 aboard, 14 fatalities. 11 passengers, 3 crew (At one point there was an announcement of an additional passenger... »
Nepal: Stranded Passengers to the Rescue
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Vivek Manvi What: Agni Air Dornier Do-228 en route from Pokhara to Kathmandu Nepal Where: Pokhara When: May 11th 2010 Who: 16 passengers and 2 crew Why: After takeoff, the crew detected a hydraulic leak and turned around to make an immediate (less than... »
