Narrative:
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.
» Willem Wendt
accident date: 25-01-1970
type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
registration: 9N-AAR
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 25 January 1970 |
| Time: | 19:13 |
| Type: |  Fokker F-27 Friendship 200 |
| Operator: | Royal Nepal Airlines |
| Registration: | 9N-AAR |
| MSN: | 10290 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7891 |
| Cycles: | 4581 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 23 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | 3 km (1.9 mls) E of Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL) ( India)
|
| Phase: | Approach (APR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT), Nepal |
| Delhi-Palam Airport (DEL/VIDP), India |
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
Photos
accident date: 25-01-1970
type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 200
registration: 9N-AAR
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 Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Delhi-Palam Airport as the crow flies is 810 km (506 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
Distance from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Delhi-Palam Airport as the crow flies is 810 km (506 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
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