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| Date: | Sunday 18 March 2018 |
| Time: | 17:10 LT |
| Type: |  British Aerospace Jetstream 41 |
| Owner/operator: | Yeti Airlines |
| Registration: | 9N-AJC |
| MSN: | 41096 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Bhairawa Airport (BWA/VNBW) -
 Nepal
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) |
| Bhairawa Airport (BWA/VNBW) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Upon landing, the plane sustained a technical malfunction of the landing gear. There were no fatalities.
Sources:
http://republica.nagariknetwork.com/news/38261/?categoryId=81
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https://www.planespotters.net/airframe/British-Aerospace/Jetstream-41/9N-AJC-Yeti-Airlines/0ayXiJkN
Last ASN occurence : https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=178855
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 October 2012 | 9N-AJC | Yeti Airlines | 0 | Near Pokhara Airport - VNKT | |
min |
| Bird strike | ||||||
| 20 August 2015 | 9N-AJC | Yeti Airlines | 0 | Bhairahawa-Gautam Buddha Airport (BWA/VNBW) | |
min |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
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Media:
A #Jetstream-41 with call sign #9N-AJC belonging to @FlyYeti has narrowly escaped from an accident at #Bhairahawa Airport at 5:11 pm on Sunday. The nose landing gear was locked at the runway while making land at the airport. All 26 passengers & cabin crew are safe. #Nepal #AvGeek pic.twitter.com/CvAlmWO3g5
— Susheel Bhattarai (@sushbhattarai) 18 mars 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2018 13:34 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Mar-2018 13:52 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Mar-2018 13:54 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 07-Jun-2025 13:15 | ASN | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Embed code, Category, ] |
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