ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 331236
| Date: | Sunday 25 January 1970 |
| Time: | 19:13 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Nepal Airlines |
| Registration: | 9N-AAR |
| MSN: | 10290 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7891 hours |
| Cycles: | 4581 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 3 km E of Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL) -
 India
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) |
| Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL/VIDP) |
While on final approach to Delhi, the aircraft was caught in severe thunderstorms with turbulence and down draughts. The pilot couldn't control the aircraft, and the F-27 crashed short of runway 28.
Sources:
Civil aircraft accidents 1970 / Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation, CAD, ASD
Willem Wendt
Location
Images:
photo (c) Fokker, via Frank Ellemers; Kathmandu-Gaucher Airport (KTM/VNKT); 30 January 1966
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