ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 153054
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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 2006 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mil Mi-8 MTV-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Shree Air |
| Registration: | 9N-AHJ |
| MSN: | 93590 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1984 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 24 / Occupants: 24 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 1 mile from Ghunsa, Taplejung District -
 Nepal
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Ghunsa village |
| Taplejung | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed due to bad weather and human error. Chartered from WWF. Dr Harka Bahadur Gurung (67) killed.
Sources:
http://nepalitimes.com/download/photojournal08.pdf
http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/DocServer/FOCUS_NovDec06.pdf?docID=282
http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/helicopter_crash_report.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2013 09:59 | TB | Added |
| 24-Jan-2014 17:22 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 24-Jan-2014 17:35 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source] |
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