 The accident aircraft, seen in 2006 when flying for Shangri-La Air | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 15 December 2010 |
| Summary | Crashed on a hill due to pilot error |
| Site | Near Shreechaur, Okhaldhunga District, Nepal |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter |
| Operator | Tara Air |
| Registration | 9N-AFX |
| Flight origin | Lamidanda Airport, Lamidanda, Nepal |
| Destination | Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Occupants | 22 |
| Passengers | 19 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 22 |
| Survivors | 0 |
On 15 December 2010, a DHC-6 Twin Otter passenger aircraft of Tara Air crashed shortly after take-off on a domestic flight from Lamidanda to Kathmandu, Nepal. The wreckage of the aircraft was found in Bilandu forest near the village of Shreechaur the morning after the crash. All 19 passengers and three crew aboard were killed in the crash. There was initial speculation that bad weather or the overloading of the aircraft might have caused the crash. An investigation into the crash was launched by Nepalese authorities after the accident site was located.[1]
- ^ "All 22 aboard killed in Tara Air airplane crash". Kantipur. 16 December 2010. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2019.