Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 22 AUG 2002 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Shangri-La Air |
| Registration: | 9N-AFR |
| C/n / msn: | 762 |
| First flight: | 1981 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 18 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 5 km (3.1 mls) SE of Pokhara (Nepal)
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| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Jomsom Airport (JMO/VNJS), Nepal |
| Pokhara Airport (PKR/VNPK), Nepal |
The Twin Otter departed Jomsom at 09:41 for a 25-minute flight to Pokhara, carrying 15 tourists. The aircraft crashed against a hill which was under complete cloud cover following 3 days of continuous rains. Almost exactly four years ago (August 21, 1998) another Twin Otter crashed on the same route, also killing all 18 occupants.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Jomsom Airport to Pokhara Airport as the crow flies is 69 km (43 miles).
Distance from Jomsom Airport to Pokhara Airport as the crow flies is 69 km (43 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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