- 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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