2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter crash

On 22 August 2002, a Shangri-La Air DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed against a hill 5 kilometers south-east of Pokhara, which was completely clouded following three days of continuous rains.[1] The aircraft involved in the crash was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Shangri-La Air.[2] All occupants on board died in the crash; they included thirteen German citizens, one Briton and one American as well as three Nepalese crew members.Germany's Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer offered his condolences to the families.The German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation (BFU) sent a team to Nepal to investigate the crash,[6] however, the plane was not fitted with a flight data recorder as this was not required under Nepal laws.

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