What: Tara Air de Havilland Dash DHC-6-300 Twin Otter en route from Dolpa to Nepalgunj
Where: Dolpa
When: Sept 21, 2012 9:28 a.m.
Who: 6 aboard, no injuries
Why: Take off from the airport at Dolpa failed when the planes left wing encountered obstruction.
According to Vinaya Shakya, none of the two crew or four passengers were injured, although the plane sustained damage.
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 were named as:
Nepalese authorities have a three month report deadline.
What: Agni Air British Aerospace Jetstream J-41 en route from Kathmandu to Pokhara Nepal
Where: Pokhara Nepal
When: Sep 27th 2011
Why: On approach to Pokhara, the crew received an indication of unsafe gear.
The flight returned to Kathmandu, where the gear appeared normal, and made a routine landing. The indicator was faulty.
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.
A Tara Air plane suffered a puncture of the nose wheels upon landing at Jumla Airport, Nepal, on June 9th.
The plane coming from Nepalgunj, Nepal, became uncontrollable due to the puncture, veered off the runway and hit a fence.
All eighteen passengers and three crew members remained uninjured.
The plane sustained substantial damage.
What: Pintail Lodge Inc.Bell 206B JetRanger
Where: Lyons Point, Crowly, LA
When: Oct 10, 2102
Who: 1 fatality
Why: A helicopter out of Texas was flying low over a Crowly Louisiana field when it made contact with a KSIG radio guidewire.
The helicopter subsequently crashed in the field. Local residents who heard the impact described a thud.
The pilot was identified as Hugh Clifton Kelley, 66, of Beaumont.
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KiiiTV3.com South Texas, Corpus Christi, Coastal Bend
After encountering low visibility in Kushma Bazaar, a Shree Airlines helicopter en route from Dolpa to Pokhara made an emergency landing at around 10:00 am when it diverted to the Chandika Armed Police Battalion in Kushma Bazaar.
Shree Airlines wants to emphasize that a diversion during rainy season is not an emergency.
General Manager of the Airlines Anil Manandha said that “…such landing during rainy season is normal. This is not an emergency landing.”
The chopper had intended to refuel in Pokhara.
The helicopter landed in Kathmandu at 1:00 p.m.