What the records say
- When
- 25 Sep 2011
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 27.63° N, 85.37° E
- Description
- aviation accident
- Deaths
- 19
- Injured
- 0
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
Buddha Air Flight 103
2011 aviation accident
On 25 September 2011, Buddha Air Flight 103, a Beechcraft 1900 commuter aircraft, crashed near Lalitpur, Nepal, while attempting to land in poor weather at nearby Kathmandu Airport. All 19 passengers and crew on board were killed. The aircraft, operated by Buddha Air, was on a sightseeing flight to Mount Everest.
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