Necon Air Flight 128 (3Z 128/NEC 128) was a scheduled domestic flight from Pokhara Airport to Kathmandu Airport in Nepal on 5 September 1999. The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 crashed when it hit a telecommunications tower near Indrathan Hill.[1][2]
 A HS748 similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 5 September 1999 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | 15 km west of Kathmandu, Nepal 27°42′47″N 85°14′49″E / 27.71306°N 85.24694°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | BAe 748 Super 2B |
| Operator | Necon Air |
| Registration | 9N-AEG |
| Flight origin | Pokhara Airport, Nepal |
| Destination | Kathmandu Airport, Nepal |
| Passengers | 10 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 15 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft
editThe aircraft involved was a Series B Hawker Siddeley HS 748 built in 1988, bought from UNI Air in November 1997.[1] At that time, the airline operated three other 748s.
Incident
editFlight 128 departed from Pokhara at 10:00 for a 35-minute domestic flight to Kathmandu. While approaching Tribhuvan Airport's runway 02 at 10:25 am local time, the aircraft hit a telecommunications tower, killing all five crew members and all ten passengers.[3] It was Necon Air's second fatal accident in 1999.[2][1]
Passengers and crew
editDue to the hard impact into ground after the accident, none of the fifteen occupants survived the crash.[4]
| Nationality | Passengers | Crew | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 10 | 5 | 15 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Accident British Aerospace BAe-748-501 Srs. 2B 9N-AEG, Sunday 5 September 1999". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ a b "Nepal suffers second fatal crash". Flightglobal. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Airdesasters". Airdesasters. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ "Captain's wife". Nepali Times.