What the records say
- When
- 28 Sep 2012
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 27.68° N, 85.36° E
- Description
- 2012 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 19
- Injured
- 18
Sita Air Flight 601
2012 aviation accident
Sita Air Flight 601 (ST601/STA601) was a Nepalese domestic passenger flight, operated by Sita Air from Tribhuvan International Airport in Nepal's capital Kathmandu to Tenzing-Hillary Airport in Lukla. On 28 September 2012, the Dornier 228 serving the route crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Kathmandu shortly after takeoff, killing all 19 people on board.
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