Narrative:
A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 passenger plane, registered 9N-ABX, was damaged during a landing at Kangel Danda Airfield, Nepal.
The airplane, operated by Royal Nepal Airlines had left Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM) on a domestic flight to Phaplu Airport (PPL) with Kangel Danda as designated alternate airport. It was unable to land at Phaplu due to poor weather. The crew decided to divert to their alternate, the remote mountainous airstrip at Kangel Danda. The airplane touched down on its nose gear first, caused some minor damage in the nose section (station 60).
» Hemant Arjyal
» Rishi Nagarkoti (E-mail, 28-4-2010)
| Status: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
| Date: | Monday 19 April 2010 |
| Time: | 11:00 |
| Type: |  de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 |
| Operator: | Nepal Airlines |
| Registration: | 9N-ABX |
| MSN: | 830 |
| First flight: | 1985 |
| Engines: | 2 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-27 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 16 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 18 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | Kangel Danda Airfield ( Nepal)
|
| Phase: | Landing (LDG) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM/VNKT), Nepal |
| Phaplu Airport (PPL/VNPL), Nepal |
A de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 passenger plane, registered 9N-ABX, was damaged during a landing at Kangel Danda Airfield, Nepal.
The airplane, operated by Royal Nepal Airlines had left Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport (KTM) on a domestic flight to Phaplu Airport (PPL) with Kangel Danda as designated alternate airport. It was unable to land at Phaplu due to poor weather. The crew decided to divert to their alternate, the remote mountainous airstrip at Kangel Danda. The airplane touched down on its nose gear first, caused some minor damage in the nose section (station 60).
Sources:
» NAC aircraft force-lands in Solu; crew, passengers safe (Nepalnews)» Hemant Arjyal
» Rishi Nagarkoti (E-mail, 28-4-2010)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Phaplu Airport as the crow flies is 122 km (76 miles).
Distance from Kathmandu-Tribhuvan Airport to Phaplu Airport as the crow flies is 122 km (76 miles).
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