What the records say
- When
- 31 Mar 1975
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 28.17° N, 84.25° E
- Description
- Plane crash in Nepal
1975 Royal Nepal Airlines Pilatus PC-6 Porter crash
Plane crash in Nepal
On 31 March 1975, a Pilatus PC-6 Porter, operated by Royal Nepal Airlines crashed in Nepal en route from Tribhuvan International Airport to Phaplu Airport on a domestic charter flight. The flight was chartered by Sir Edmund Hillary to bring his wife Louise and daughter Belinda to Phaplu, where he was building a hospital. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
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