- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | September 28, 1992 |
Time: | 1430 |
Location: | Near Kathmandu, Nepal |
Operator: | Pakistan International Airlines |
Flight #: | 268 |
Route: | Karachi - Kathmandu |
AC Type: | Airbus A300B4-203 |
Registration: | AP-BCP |
cn / ln: | 025 |
Aboard: | 167 (passengers:155 crew:12) |
Fatalities: | 167 (passengers:155 crew:12) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The plane hit cloud covered high ground while attempting to land, 9 nm short of the runway at Bhattedanda hill. The pilot began the descent too early and had miscalculated the aircraft's altitude. Failure of the crew to follow prescribed procedures. |
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