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| Date: | Saturday 8 September 2018 |
| Time: | c. 08:10 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus Helicopters H125 (AS 350B3e) |
| Owner/operator: | Altitude Air Pvt |
| Registration: | 9N-ALS |
| MSN: | 8264 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Meghang, Nuwakot, Dhading -
 Nepal
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Samagaun, Gorkha |
| Kathmandu | |
| Investigating agency: | Nepal AAIC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An Airbus Helicopters H125 (AS 350B3e) helicopter crashed in Nepal while airlifting a patient along with other passengers to Kathmandu.
The Helicopter crashed in a dense forest, there was no fire on impact, bad weather condition and rugged terrain delayed the rescue team on scene. Six occupants died, a woman passenger was alive.
Probable Cause:
The probable cause of the accident was the inadvertent entry of the PIC into IMC without analyzing the geographical configuration and the density of the cloud along the route he followed. Once PIC entered into the cloud he lost his situational awareness of the terrain that
leads to the collision with the dense forest and ended with the tragic crash.
Contributing Factors
The contributing factors which lead to the accident could be the PIC's decision to follow the same direct route back to VNKT in spite of the deteriorating weather conditions and PIC's inability to assess the weather.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/altitude-airs-chopper-goes-missing/
https://www.facebook.com/LoveForaviationinNepal/posts/1845709248798958?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAAJD9G6C1X_RMjuhye83Xsotol145OpAgZC5UVRIDMSolESlGvvVcNTe3GdrpHN2XpOcgGoDotzkDiDTt1LpugElG9kApnQgnYu67pu0NLDSkgWr5319B8btEtIVGMKBgSk6JKBfnc1m6br64GA2g8cHkJc0mpUH0VKHVZsbQ7qhO5YvvGGg&__tn__=-R
https://www.aviationnepal.com/altitude-air-9n-als-reported-to-be-found-crashed-at-dhading-with-1-survivor/
https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/update-missing-chopper-crashes-in-dhading/?categoryId=81
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/altitude-air-chopper-crashes-in-nuwakot-rescuers-struggle-to-reach-incident-site/
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/altitude-helicopter-crash-kills-six-woman-passenger-survives/
http://tourism.gov.np//files/publication_files/290.pdf
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https://altitudeairnepal.com/about/our-fleet
https://thehimalayantimes.com/business/altitude-air-adds-new-airbus-chopper-fleet/
Location
Images:
Media:
"Rescuers recovered six bodies from the incident site this afternoon," officials informed.#Altitude #Air #crashupdate https://t.co/FmStdOXly1
— The Himalayan Times (@thehimalayan) 8 septembre 2018
Nepal - Altitude Air's Chopper Crash: Lone survivor Aani brought to Kathmandu | Corporate Nepal.
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 8 septembre 2018
https://t.co/pdhhQRVLzY pic.twitter.com/AT1CljcchA
Nepalese AS350B3e accident 8 Sep 2018 due to inadvertent entry into IMC, loss of situational awareness and collision with terrain (6 dead, 1 survivor) https://t.co/eV6sPQA7CA #flightsafety pic.twitter.com/dIOvRyaaIt
— Aerossurance (@Aerossurance) January 5, 2020
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2018 06:21 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 08-Sep-2018 06:34 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Photo, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 06:42 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Operator, Source, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 06:47 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Source, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 06:52 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Registration, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 07:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 07:21 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 07:32 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 07:49 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 08:35 | harro | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 08:36 | harro | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 10:27 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 10:32 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 10:42 | gerard57 | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 10:49 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 10:56 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 08-Sep-2018 19:55 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Location, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Sep-2018 10:02 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 14-Sep-2018 10:03 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 05-Jan-2020 20:43 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 05-Jan-2020 20:55 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 05-Jan-2020 20:58 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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