Accident description
Last updated: 25 May 2013
| Status: | Preliminary |
| Date: | 15 DEC 2010 |
| Time: | ca 15:30 |
| Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 310 |
| Operator: | Tara Air |
| Registration: | 9N-AFX |
| C/n / msn: | 806 |
| First flight: | 1984 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 19 / Occupants: 19 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 22 / Occupants: 22 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Sri Chaur Village, Okhaldhunga District (Nepal)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Lamidanda Airport (LDN/VNLD), Nepal |
| Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT), Nepal |
A DHC-6 Twin Otter, registered 9N-AFX, crashed into Palunge Hill during a domestic flight from Lamidanda Airport (LDN) to Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM). The airplane departed at 15:08 carrying three crew and 19 passengers.
Sources:
» All 22 aboard killed in Tara Air airplane crash
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Map
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 Lamidanda Airport to Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport as the crow flies is 138 km (86 miles).
Distance from Lamidanda Airport to Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport as the crow flies is 138 km (86 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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