Accident | |
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Date | February 27, 2019 |
Summary | Crashed shortly after take-off due to Unfavorable weather in Pathibhara area resulting in IMC conditions |
Site | Taplejung, Nepal |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Eurocopter AS350 B3e |
Operator | Air Dynasty |
Registration | 9N-AMI |
Flight origin | Pathibhara Devi Temple |
Destination | Chuhandanda, Nepal |
Occupants | 7 |
Passengers | 6 |
Crew | 1 |
Fatalities | 7 |
Survivors | 0 |
On February 27, 2019, an Air Dynasty Eurocopter AS350 B3e carrying six passengers and one pilot was scheduled to fly a domestic chartered flight from Pathibhara Devi Temple in Taplejung to Chuhandanda in Tehrathum, Nepal.[1] The aircraft crashed at approximately 1.30 p.m. (NPT) whilst in bad weather in Taplejung. All seven people on board died in the crash, including Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, Nepal's Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation.[2]