- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 24, 2010 |
Time: | 0730 |
Location: | Bastipur, Nepal |
Operator: | Agni Air |
Flight #: | 101 |
Route: | Kathmandu - Lukla |
AC Type: | Dornier 228-101 |
Registration: | 9NAHE |
cn / ln: | 0732 |
Aboard: | 14 (passengers:11 crew:3) |
Fatalities: | 14 (passengers:11 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The crew decided to divert to Simara Airport due to poor weather conditions at Kathmandu. Contact with ATC was lost when the plane crashed into a hillside at 9,000 ft., 20 miles SSW of Kathmandu. The crew members became disoriented after they lost contact with the ATC due to failure of both generators and the exhaustion of the backup battery. |
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