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Nepal again: Goma Air Bird Strike

GJHatcher — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 23:02:59 +0000

First, the Goma Air flight waited until the tower confirmed that the “bird patrol” had chased birds off the Kathmandu runway. Then the nine people aboard had just taken off from Kathmandu en route to Lukla when a bird struck the plane’s horizontal stabilizers. Pilots returned to make a safe landing in Kathmandu. According to Goma Air’s managing director, Manoj Karki, there were no injuries. We presume his statement did not include four stubborn birds who returned to the runway, one of whom damaged the plane. Goma Air expects the plane to be back in service tomorrow, after maintenance is complete.

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Goma Air Belly Landing, 18 safe in Nepal

GJHatcher — Tue, 02 Jun 2015 21:44:56 +0000

The nosegear of a Goma Air flight failed today while landing in Pokhara, Nepal, but there were no fatalities among the 18 passengers aboard. Some damage occurred to the plane after the nose gear failed to deploy. Flights to and from Pokhara airport have been suspended until the plane is removed from the runway.

Plane was reported as Let L-410UVP-E20 Registration 9N-AKY

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Flat on Landing, Intrepid Nepal Pilots OK

GJHatcher — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:00:11 +0000

Joseph Debattista

What: Goma Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Where: Dolpa Airport, Nepal
When: Dec 2, 2012
Who: 2 aboard, no fatalities
Why: A Goma Air Flight from Nepalganj Airport to Dolpa suffered a blown tire when landing at 10:00 a.m. at Jufal Airport.

The plane was carrying cargo from Nepalgunj.

Two crew members, Sanjiv Shrestha and Prajjwal Bhattarai were aboard the flight. There were no passengers aboard and the plane suffered slight damage. Goma Air sent in flight engineers to make repairs. Airport services were temporarily suspended while the plane was on the runway.

A blown tire is more along the lines of a hard landing rather than a “crash” as we have seen reported.

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