Agni Air Flight 101

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Agni Air Flight 101

A Dornier 228 similar to the one involved in the incident
Accident summary
Date	24 August 2010 (2010-08-24)
Site	near Shikharpur, 50 miles (80 km) south of Kathmandu[1] Nepal
Passengers	11
Crew	3
Fatalities	14
Survivors	0
Tail number	9N-AHE
Flight origin	Tribhuvan International Airport
Destination	Tenzing-Hillary Airport

Agni Air Flight 101^[2] was a regional flight operated by Agni Air between Kathmandu, Nepal and Lukla, Nepal that crashed on 24 August 2010, killing all 14 people on board. The cause of the crash was presumed to be a combination of severe weather and mechanical problems with the aircraft.

Contents 1 Background 2 Crash 3 Aftermath 4 Cause 5 Casualties 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Background

The plane involved, a Dornier 228 turboprop plane, registered as 9N-AHE, was traveling on a flight between Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu and Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla, Nepal, when it was diverted to Simara Airport in Pipara Simara, Nepal after it was unable to land at Lukla and was returning to Kathmandu.^[3][4] The aircraft's crew subsequently reported mechanical problems with the plane while it was traveling to Pipara Simara, although it was unclear what the problems were. Conflicting reports stated that the aircraft had either had an engine or a generator fail.^[2]

[edit] Crash

The plane crashed in the town of Shikharpur, Narayani, around 50 miles (80 km) south of Kathmandu.^[5] It had last made radio contact with air traffic controllers at 0726 local time (0141 UTC), 22 minutes after it was scheduled to depart Kathmandu.^[4] Shortly after, controllers lost radar contact with the aircraft.^[2] The force of the crash spread wreckage in an area with a diameter of around 330 feet (100 m).^[2]

[edit] Aftermath

Rescue operations were immediately undertaken after it became clear that the plane had crashed, although efforts were hampered by the fact that the crash site was around two hours away from the closest location of police forces.^[3] Heavy rains in the area also led to the risk of flooding and landslides in the area.^[2] Personnel from the Nepal Army reached the site of the crash on foot, and were responsible for gathering bodies, but due to weather conditions, helicopters were forced to land more than a mile away.^[5]

[edit] Cause

Weather in the area at the time of the crash was rain, which had been in the area for several days prior to the crash, and these conditions, as well as technical problems reported by the crew, were presumed to be the cause of the crash.^[5][3] The Nepalese government said that had assembled a committee to investigate the incident; the committee was instructed to submit a report on the crash within 65 days.^[5]

[edit] Casualties

Everyone on board the plane died in the crash, including eight Nepalese citizens, three of which were crew members, and six foreigners, including four United States citizens and a single British and Japanese national.^[3]

[edit] See also

• Yeti Airlines Flight 103

[edit] References

San Francisco teen, volunteering in Nepal, dies in crash

[edit] External links

External images
	Photos of 9N-AHE at Airliners.net
	Photos of 9N-AHE at JetPhotos.net
	Photo of 9N-AHE cockpit at Flickr

• "Accident report on Aviation Safety". Aviation-Safety.net. http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=76464. Retrieved 24 August 2010. 

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