Buddha Air Flight 103
On 25 September 2011, Buddha Air Flight 103, a Beechcraft 1900D commuter aircraft, crashed near Lalitpur, Nepal, while attempting to land in poor weather at nearby Kathmandu Airport.[1][2][3] The aircraft was a 19-seat Beechcraft 1900D twin-engine turboprop airliner; it was thirteen years old and registered in Nepal as 9N-AEK.Initial investigations revealed that the aircraft was being operated under VFR (Visual Flight Rules); and two minutes before it was due to land it entered clouds and crashed at 5400 feet.Air traffic controllers and members of the investigation team claim the reason for the crash was pilot error.The sixteen passengers included ten Indian nationals, one Japanese, two Americans and three Nepalese.
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