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Aerial view of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, that crashed on 12 March 2018 while landing, killing 51 of the 71 people aboard.
The airport was originally named Gauchaur Airport, after the area of Kathmandu where it was situated. In Nepali , "Gauchaur" refers to a place where cows graze. [ 6 ] The formal beginning of aviation in Nepal is generally placed at Gauchaur in 1949 with the landing of a Beechcraft Bonanza carrying the Indian ambassador, although there are ...
Tribhuvan International Airport Kathmandu, Bagmati: 1 [1] 1973 October 15: De Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter: Royal Nepal Airlines: Lukla, Sagarmatha: 0 [1] 1975 March 31: Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter: Royal Nepal Airlines: Kathmandu, Bagmati: 5: 1975 Royal Nepal Airlines Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash [1] 1978 April 7: Short SC.7 Skyvan Variant: Royal ...
Plane Talk: Nepal’s capital is hard to leave – and not in a good way
Eighteen people were killed when a small passenger plane belonging to Nepal's Saurya Airlines crashed and caught fire while taking off from the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, officials said. The ...
The Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Division investigates aircraft accidents and incidents. [5] However, as of September 2017, the Government of Nepal is trying to establish an independent aircraft accident investigation unit in order to comply with the International Civil Aviation Organization's regulations. The committee, which ...
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Yeti Airlines Flight 691 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight flown by Yeti Airlines from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal. On 15 January 2023, an ATR 72, the aircraft being operated on the route, stalled and crashed while landing at Pokhara killing all 68 passengers and 4 crew members on board.