Accident | |
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Date | 23 September 2006 |
Summary | Pilot error along with poor airline training[1] |
Site | Ghunsa, Nepal |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Mil Mi-8 |
Operator | Shree Air |
Registration | 9N-AHJ |
Flight origin | Phungling, Nepal |
Destination | Ghunsa, Nepal |
Occupants | 24 |
Passengers | 20 |
Crew | 4 |
Fatalities | 24 |
Survivors | 0 |
On 23 September 2006, a Shree Air Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashed on a chartered flight from Phungling to Ghunsa in Eastern Nepal. The accident killed all 24 passengers and crew on board, including an expedition of World Wide Fund for Nature.[1]