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| Date: | Wednesday 7 August 2024 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Eurocopter AS350B2 Ecureuil FX II |
| Owner/operator: | Air Dynasty |
| Registration: | 9N-AJD |
| MSN: | 4851 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Surya Chaur-7, Nuwakot district -
 Nepal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT) |
| Syabrubesi Helipad | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Eurocopter AS350B2 helicopter crashed on a forested hillside in Nepal.
The helicopter took from Kathmandu Airport about 13:54 local time. Three minutes after take-off, contact with the Kathmandu tower controller was lost. The helicopter was confirmed to have crashed at Suryachaur, ward no. 7 of Shivapuri village municipality, Nuwakot district.
The pilot as well as the four chineses passengers died in the crash. The helicopter was destroyed.
Sources:
https://kathmandupost.com/national/2024/08/07/air-dynasty-chopper-with-four-chinese-nationals-and-a-pilot-crashes-in-shivapuri
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/helicopter-crash-nepal-nuwakot-2578388-2024-08-07
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2024/08/07/another-chopper-crash-in-nepals-kathmandu-five-killed.html
https://www.helicoptersmagazine.com/helicopter-crash-nepal/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 April 2023 | 9N-AJD | Air Dynasty | 0 | HAMS Hospital Helipad, Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu | |
sub |
Location
Media:
हेलिकप्टर दुर्घटना स्थल (भिडिओ)
— GlobalNagarik (@globalnagarik) August 7, 2024
Air Dynasty helicopter crash #helicopter #crash #Nuwakot #shivapuri #globalnagarik pic.twitter.com/wNZahaaTMV
All five people on board a helicopter were killed when it crashed August 7 in the mountains just northwest of Nepal’s capital, authorities said. https://t.co/cxyWN3Djll
— HELICOPTERS Magazine (@helicopters_mag) August 7, 2024
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2024 09:56 | gerard57 | Added |
| 07-Aug-2024 10:14 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, ] |
| 07-Aug-2024 10:16 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2024 10:18 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2024 10:21 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 07-Aug-2024 10:22 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2024 10:42 | ASN | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 07-Aug-2024 13:24 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 11-Aug-2024 08:30 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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