2006 Yeti Airlines Twin Otter Crash

On 21 June 2006, when approaching Jumla Airport, Nepal, a Yeti Airlines DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed into the ground after the crew decided to abort the landing and perform a go-around for an unknown reason. Eyewitnesses said that the plane appeared to have stalled while making a tight turn on the threshold of runway 27 and ploughed into the ground in a ball of fire on the eastern edge of the runway.[1][2]

Yeti Airlines Twin Otter Crash 2006 [1]
The aircraft, 9N-AEQ, five years prior to the incident (then operated by Skyline Airways)
Accident
Date21 June 2006
SummaryControlled Flight Into Terrain
SiteJumla Airport, Nepal
Aircraft
Aircraft typede Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter
OperatorYeti Airlines
Registration9N-AEQ
Flight originNepalgunj Airport, Nepalgunj
StopoverSurkhet Airport, Surkhet/Birendranagar
DestinationJumla Airport, Jumla
Passengers6
Crew3
Fatalities9
Survivors0

Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the crash was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Yeti Airlines. Its maiden flight was in 1980 with Lesotho Airways. The aircraft was purchased by Yeti Airlines one year prior to the accident from another Nepalese carrier, Skyline Airways.[3] It was the third incident of this aircraft operated by Yeti Airlines and was one of four Twin Otters in the airline's fleet.[4][5]

Crew and Passengers

There were six passengers on board the aircraft as well as three crew members. All occupants on board died in the crash. The cockpit crew members were identified as Capt Krishna Malla, co-pilot Dipak Pokhrel.[2]

References
  1. "Accident Description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  2. "Yeti crash, 9 dead". Nepali Times. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  3. "Registration Details For 9N-AEQ (Lumbini Airways) DHC-6-300". PlaneLogger.com. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  4. "ASN Aviation Safety Database". ASN. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  5. "Nepal's Yeti Airlines confirms 9 killed in de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crash". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved September 25, 2017.

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