Accident | |
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Date | 14 May 2012 |
Summary | Crashed on a hill due to mechanical failure and Pilot error |
Site | Near Jomsom Airport, Nepal 28°46′52″N 83°43′18″E / 28.78111°N 83.72167°E |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Dornier 228-212 |
Operator | Agni Air |
IATA flight No. | AG-CHT |
Registration | 9N-AIG |
Flight origin | Pokhara Airport, Pokhara, Nepal |
Destination | Jomsom Airport, Jomsom, Nepal |
Occupants | 21 |
Passengers | 18 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 15 |
Injuries | 6 |
Survivors | 6 |
On 14 May 2012, a Dornier 228 passenger aircraft of Agni Air operating Flight CHT, crashed near Jomsom Airport, Nepal, killing 15 of the 21 people on board, including both pilots and Indian child actress Taruni Sachdev and her mother.[1][2][3]