Buddha Air Flight 103
Gear and empennage at the crash site | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 25 September 2011 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Kotdanda, Lalitpur, Nepal 27°37′31″N 85°22′28″E / 27.62528°N 85.37444°E |
| Aircraft | |
| 9N-AEK, the aircraft involved | |
| Aircraft type | Beechcraft 1900D |
| Operator | Buddha Air |
| Call sign | BUDDHA AIR 103 |
| Registration | 9N-AEK |
| Flight origin | Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal |
| Destination | Tribhuvan International Airport |
| Occupants | 19 |
| Passengers | 16 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Fatalities | 19 (initially 18) |
| Survivors | 0 (initially 1) |
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. All 19 passengers and crew on board were killed. The aircraft, operated by Buddha Air, was on a sightseeing flight to Mount Everest.